John Steinbeck
wrote the most coveted literary gems
Who was John Steinbeck?
Early Life
Famed John Ernst Steinbeck Jr. was born on February 27, 1902, in Salinas, California. His books, including his prize-winning work The Grapes of Wrath written in 1939, often dealt with social and economic issues. Steinbeck was raised modestly, with a house small and close to the heart. His father, John Ernst Steinbeck, tried his hand at several different jobs to keep his family fed: He owned a feed-and-grain store, and served as treasurer of Monterrey County. His mother, Olive Steinbeck, was a former schoolteacher. Steinbeck had 3 sisters, and had a happy, carefree childhood. According to research, Steinbeck decided to become a writer at the age of 14, and wrote many poems and stories. In 1919, Steinbeck enrolled at Stanford University which was a decision that had more to do with making his parents proud than pleasing himself. However, Steinbeck, a future writer, would have no reason to go to college. He dropped out of school for good in 1925.
John Steinbeck
John and his sister Mary-early years
Steinbeck accepting Nobel Prize for fiction
Career
Later Life
significance of visuals
John Steinbeck's Books
Of Mice and Men
East of Eden
The Grapes of Wrath
Watch John Steinbeck's acceptance speech for the Nobel Prize in 1962!
John Steinbeck VS. John Green
I think that John Green is very much like John Steinbeck because they both have multiple bestsellers, and all their books have a certain theme to them. For example, John Steinbeck wrote about The Great Depression, and poor farmers. John Green writes about real world problems such as depression, cancer, and modern issues. His book, The Fault in Our Stars was a bestseller around the entire world, and was made into a film. Similar to Green, Steinbeck's novel, The Grapes of Wrath, was an award-winning book famous all over the nation, and became a film. What sews these two authors together is the fact that they were never a "one-hit-wonder" or a "one-trick-pony." John Green and John Steinbeck kept writing best-selling novels, and became more famous than they already were. For example, John Green's claim to fame was The Fault in Our Stars, but afterwards, he wrote Papertowns, Looking for Alaska, and An Abundance of Katherines; all amazing and famed books. John Steinbeck is credited with Of Mice and Men, but also wrote Tortilla Flat, The Grapes of Wrath, and East of Eden; his most well-known books. All writers have a purpose, a style, and a cause, and John Green and John Steinbeck wrote sensational books that are valued and coveted by many around the world.