has given ample indication that he is not the naive proletarian he has at

times been called. His stories although almost always encouraging his

reader to sympathize with his proletariat style characters are much more

varied than this and it is believed by many critics that Steinbeck worked

hard to lose his image of "communist radical". This is what led

Steinbeck's harshest critics to challenge those that offered praise to

Steinbeck. It is true that a majority of Steinbeck's stories dealt with poor

under privileged characters but Steinbeck also delt with other themes that

where influenced by what he experienced in life. In contrast to what the

critics have said Steinbeck is a writer who diligently exposed issues of the

30 year period and those issues which where close to his heart. His subject

matter tended to be simple, but varied. For example, historical romance

(cup of gold), myth (To a god unknown), ionic realism (the pasture of

heaven) and epic folk (The grapes of wrath) are examples of subjects

Through out his literary career Steinbeck was influenced by many political,

onset of the Great Depression. The novels "In Dubious Battle", "Of

rights a human has to live as a humane a life as possible. With his strong

So indeed Steinbeck was not a political radical but a kind of new deal

Through these influences Steinbeck was able to create many books that

which dealt with aspects of the Great Depression effectively present the

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