John Steinbeck: An American Writer During the Great Depression

INTRODUCTION In the 1920s and 1930s, America experienced a severe recession - the Great Depression. This is also an era of prosperity of literary creation, and many famous authors appeared in this special historical era. Difficult circumstances, American writers have turned their attention to social problems and problems. Their motivation is to sympathize with the sufferings of the general people, especially the people at the bottom of society. (Wang, 2012) John Steinbeck (1902-1968), born in Salinas, California, is one of the most representative and representative American writers of his time.

American writer, 1962 Nobel laureate John Steinbeck is the main contributor to working class novels and major spokespersons of the victims of the Great Depression (reduction of American production, distribution and use systems). In the meantime, millions of people were unemployed. John Ernst Steinbeck, born on 27 February 1902 in Salinas, California, was the only son of John Ernst Steinbeck and Olive Hamilton. His father is a bookkeeper and accountant and has served as treasurer for Monterrey County, California for many years. Steinbeck received love for literature from her mother who is interested in art. His favorite book, also the main influence on his writing is the Sir Thomas Mallory (about 1408 - 1471) Le Morte d'Arthur, the legendary collection of King Arthur. Steinbeck decided to be a writer when he was a high school student.

American writer John Steinbeck caught the difficulties facing ordinary people during the Great Depression. His novel "Mouse and Man" is a classic struggle story. The main iterative theme of the characters is to pursue their dreams, as each character shows from George and Renee to Candy and Colley's wife. A short-lived American poet and writer Steven Crane wrote the famous American Civil War novel "Red Courage Badge." But he also wrote a series of poems titled good war. Through these verses, he studied the subjects of war and violence based on Hispanic and his experience in the Greek-Turkish war.

Born in 1902, John Steinbeck grew up in the Great Depression, near the fertile Salinas Valley, and wrote many novels based on his career and his country's time and regional experience. One of his wonderful pieces is "angry grape". In this book, Steinbeck explains the peasant's plight between the Great Depression and Drought. - Cause of the Great Depression. Many economists believe there are many reasons for the Great Depression and none of these events cause historical events in American history. The impact of the Great Depression will actually have a major impact on the world. It also brought about many other historical events, such as a new US agreement, but more importantly, it is a direct cause of the rise of German extremism in the Second World War.