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John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck. By: Taylor Petty. Steinbeck’s Background. John Steinbeck was born on February 27, 1902 in Salinas, CA His father was a country treasurer His mother was a teacher He had two older sisters and a younger one. More of Steinbeck’s Background.

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John Steinbeck

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  1. John Steinbeck By: Taylor Petty

  2. Steinbeck’s Background • John Steinbeck was born on February 27, 1902 in Salinas, CA • His father was a country treasurer • His mother was a teacher • He had two older sisters and a younger one

  3. More of Steinbeck’s Background • He was married to Carol Henning and later to Gwyndolyn Conger • He had two sons with Conger • His third wife was Elaine Anderson whom he stayed with until his death

  4. Educational Background • He graduated from the Salinas High School, Salinas in 1919. He attended Stanford University intermittently from 1919 to 1925 but he never earned a degree.

  5. Major Works • Steinbeck's best-known works are: • East of Eden • Of Mice and Men • ***The Grapes of Wrath***

  6. The Grapes Of Wrath • The novel tells the story of the Joads, a poor Oklahoma farming family, who migrate to California in search of a better life during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Steinbeck effectively demonstrated how the struggles of one family mirrored the hardship of the entire nation. Through the inspiration of the labor organizer Jim Casy, the Joads learn that the poor must work together in order to survive. • http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americannovel/video/ANhypertext_steinbeck.html?playertype=windowsmedia;speed=320;mediatype=video;media

  7. Collapsed Plot • Collapsed plot is a modernist technique that instead of stating what they mean, the author uses symbols and images so the reader must identify the symbols and what they mean.

  8. “The Turtle” from The Grapes of Wrath • And now a light truck approached, and as it came near, the driver saw the turtle and swerved to hit it. His front wheel struck the edge of the shell, flipped the turtle like a tiddly-wink, spun it like a coin, and rolled it off the highway. The truck went back to its course along the right side. Lying on its back, the turtle was tight in its shell for a long time. But at last its legs waved in the air, reaching for something to pull it over. Its front foot caught a piece of quartz and little by little the shell pulled over and plopped upright. The wild oat head fell out and three of the spearhead seeds stuck in the ground. And as the turtle crawled on down the embankment , its shell dragged dirt over the seeds.

  9. Example • John Steinbeck uses collapsed plot in The Turtle from The Grapes of Wrath. In this short story, the turtle gets hit by a truck and must struggle to get back up and get on his way again. In this situation, the truck represents the Great Depression and the turtle represents the human. After the truck hits the turtle, the turtle’s struggle to get going again is like the human struggle to get back to their old way of life. (pg.768)

  10. Accomplishments • He won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award with “The Turtle” • He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962.

  11. John Steinbeck Museum • The museum is located in Juan Cruz, Mexico

  12. Influences on John Steinbeck • John Steinbeck’s greatest influence were the social and economic issues of rural America. • Ed Ricketts also had a strong influence on Steinbeck’s writing. Ed Ricketts

  13. How Did He Influence Other Writers? • He influenced later with his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception

  14. Historical Background • John Steinbeck lived between 1902 and 1968 • He lived in a small town in Salinas, California • He lived through the Great Depression

  15. Death • John Steinbeck died of heart failure on 20 December 1968, he was 66 years old and a life long smoker. On 4 March 1969, his ashes were buried in the Garden of Memories cemetery in Salinas in the Hamilton Family plot.

  16. Questions: 1.) What influenced John Steinbeck’s writing? 2.) Which of his works is he best known for? 3.) What did Steinbeck win the Nobel Prize for? 4.)What other prizes did he win? 5.) How did Steinbeck influence later writers?

  17. references • www.wikipedia.com • www.google.com • http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1962/steinbeck-bio.html • http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/johnstei.htm • http://www.steinbeck.org/

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