milliewoodcock

Steinbeck was an excellent writer. His words formed beautiful sentences in context without any conversation; and they were very revealing of the people, places and times that he wrote of with conversation. Unfortunately, his writing could also be quite depressing - and for those of you who know me, well, let's just say that this is the last thing that I need. "Of Mice and Men" is not as depressing as some of his other work, (for example - "The Grapes of Wrath" and "Cannery Row") but Steinbeck does have an uncanny way of capturing the rampant ignorance and impoverishment of the times. The people that fit into this class of people in this book drifted through life hoping for a better life and dreaming for a better shake. If you fit into this class of people during this time you were an utterly hopeless lot. Nobody captured that better than John Steinbeck. Got that Tawny?

2022-11-14 17:55