“ As nearly perfect as any book can be. It is straightforward, it has simplicity and unsentimental tragedy, and it has a swift, unforced style, which stamps it as permanent. ” Humbert Wolfe In this classic novella, which established him as one of the world’s most celebrated writers, John Steinbeck tells the story of two friends in 1930’s California. John Steinbeck wrote a naturalistic novel that dealt with three powerful and universal themes, imperative in the …showed first 75 words of 4595 total…

…showed last 75 words of 4595 total…they have few possessions, fewer comforts, no chance of marriage or family life and no place of their own. The notions of friendship, hopes and dreams are critical in any society we live in. Therefore, their significance epitomises the wide use of these motifs in each novel. These two great writers, saw a problem, made an approachable angle to which the public would respond, and simply provided a solution through their effectual quality of literature.