As the year 1930 comes along, an author by the name of John Steinbeck writes in detail a novel about the hardships of living at the times of the Great Depression, now is he the voice for all those in America? John Steinbeck was born in Salinas, in 1902. He was part German and part Irish. His father, John Ernst Steinbeck, was worked as a treasurer and his mother, Olivia Hamilton, worked as a teacher. He didn’…showed first 75 words of 2693 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2693 total…Steinbeck also helps us to be better observers of life, to see past stereotypes, and to be compassionate. That’s all about The Grapes of Wrath. It now continues to be a great novel that has been read in millions of classrooms. It has now changed the way I think about the past and how hard people had it. Steinbeck I guess now is part of me and I will continue to read his books.