Steinbeck once stated, "The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true." Steinbeck was a writer that used literary tools that created a certain atmospheric illusion that focused on showing the corruption and destruction in the world especially in California during the time period of the 1930's. The most popular book written …showed first 75 words of 1428 total…

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