Travels with Charlie Summary

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Travels With Charley written by John Steinbeck has been critiqued a lot by readers. Many of those who have read the book and have written reviews on it have found a lot of the same things in the book that make it stand out. Paul McCarthy said in his review, "this book isn't intended to be scientific, poetic, or speculative, and isn't a collaboration. It's quite simply a relaxed, episodic account of one man's travels with his native land." This thought was very true, and the other authors of the review books felt the same way. One of the main examples on how the reviewers thought alike came about when they said Steinbeck wrote the book in an honest way. He didn't "sugar coat" anything. The things that he saw along the way of his journey were told to us, the readers,

just as he saw them, and he told us his exact opinions on what he encountered too. For an example Steinbeck said, "I saw the best of minds of my generation destroyed by madness." He also turned around and talked about New England saying, "The prettiest in the whole nation, neat and white painted, and unchanged for a hundred years." These particular quotes are very dominating when speaking of terms of expression.

Being realistic and honest throughout a book is a very good thing, I think. It really brings the reader into the book. This book has also been said by the reviewers that it's the only book to develop a critical literature of it's own. It focuses on intentions and achievements, much different than any other "fairy tale" type of book. Overall, its reviewers praise upon this book. It's un

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