The American Novelist, John Steinbeck was a powerful writer of dramatic stories about good versus bad. His own views on writing were that not only should a writer make the story sound good but also the story written should teach a lesson. In fact, Steinbeck focused many of his novels, not on average literary themes rather he tended to relay messages about the many hard truths of life in The United States. Upon winning the …showed first 75 words of 924 total…

…showed last 75 words of 924 total…desperation of the family's situation. 3.) The roles of Lennie and George, how they were outcasts and Lennie killed a women yet the reader felt sorry for them both because they were on the opposite side of a greater injustice. 4.) Portrait of the rich and powerful. How Steinbeck's ignorance of not giving them names proved he did not like them. Every time they came up in the story they were doing something bad. And my conclusion.