John Steinbeck: A Common Man's Man

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for the American. (Covici , xxxv). Steinbeck then moved back to
California and lived with his wife at Pacific Grove. In 1934, he wrote for the
San Franciso News, he was assigned to write several articles about the 3,000
migrants flooded in at Kings County. The plight of the migrant workers motivated
him to help and document their struggle. The money he earned from the newspaper
allowed him to travel to their home and see why their reason for leaving and
traveled to California with them, sharing in with their hardships (Steinbeck,
127). Because John Steinbeck was able to travel with the Okies, he was able to
accurately portray them and their struggles.
Each book that he wrote had settings in the places where he has either
lived or wanted to live. He presented the land as it was. The characters in his
stories experienced floods, drought, and other natural disasters, while in the
Salians Valley (Shaw, 5).
What Steinbeck wrote was very factual and in depth. He ...

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