John Steinbeck Contributions To Society

John Steinbeck plays a significant role in the literary works of the American society because of the unique attributes of language and art that he applied to his social perception of society during his era. Being born of a middle-class family in the February of 1902, John was inspired into the arts by his mother, a teacher, he later took on six years of literature and creative courses at Standford without obtaining a degree. After college, the young Steinbeck wrote his first novel, Cup of Gold, in 1929, but it was the novel Tortilla Flat in 1935 that gave Steinbeck his successful debut. His published works shaped many social and politic aspects of life in the 20th century. He was known as a “realist” or a “naturalist” when it came to how

He preferred to write from his own memories to using other people 's because he wanted to bring out that sense of reality. From this self-experiences, he visited one place after the other after which he wrote at least some articles or short stories describing his experiences on the tours (Wagner-Martin 13). Therefore, during his regular visits to the various regions, he was able to meet some good friends who enabled him to perfect more on his level of writing. One of the people he met while on these trips was Ricketts, a learned biologist who played a major role in his writing career. Steinbeck was able to extract more ideas from Ricketts and even learn some of the things from him. He served as a role model to him providing him with any necessary support that he required at any given time. Also, in order to gain more experience, Steinbeck made daring decisions with others including going to war. Wars are always dangerous and provided a person with only two options, either he lives and comes back alive or he dies. Steinbeck on his side accepted to leave all the worries aside so that he could get some knowledge, which he later translated into writing so easily (Han