John Steinbeck was born to middle-lower class family in the farming Ess

whoremaster Steinbeck was born to middle-lower class family in the farming community of Salinas, California. JohnsSteinbeckImagine your town is suddenly stricken with poverty. Your familybusiness goes under because the economy of your local community can nolonger support it. Herds of your adpressed friends continually move outof the town you grew up in cod to a severe shortage of work. Thebasic necessities of life are so just now that everyone around youreverts to their animalistic urges to survive. Those who you havecame to trust, betray you and your family for selfish reasons. Thischaos was typical every day life during the youth of one of Americas sterling(prenominal) writers, John Steinbeck. The environment that engulfed JohnStein becks early life shaped his literary style to focus on theeconomic hardships of rural constancy and homosexuals every day struggles withnatural urges. John Steinbeck was born to middle-lower class family in the farmingcommunity of Salinas, Califor nia. Johns father, who was a businessman and politician, experienced great difficulty maintaining asuccessful business in their small town. John watched his father failat many endeavors including managing a dredge plant and opening a feedand grain store as well as the political corruption his father facedas County treasurer (Shillinglaw). No matter how much financialadversity Johns family faced, his father always kept a sunnydisposition and took the family on snitch trips across California. These small towns and cities John and his family would visit, laterserved to be the local of his future novels such as East of Eden andThe Red Pony(Fontenrose, 2). John even apply his home town of Salinasto serve as the setting for the shor... ...mericans as he did in previous works. In1960, John published The Winter of Discontent which attacked modern-day American ideals an longed for conservative ideals. Thispiece, which did not achieve the notoriety that Steinbeck hoped for,would be his la st novel before his death in 1968(Shillinglaw).Steinbeck witnessed his home town crumble due to financial strain as achild. He felt the effects of the poor economy as his father bouncedfrom job to job trying to drag ends meet. In Steinbecks earlyadulthood he worked odd jobs with the poorest of the poor, staying intouch with the injustices these people faced everyday and witnessinghow humans react in clock of need. The environment that engulfed JohnStein becks early life shaped his literary style to focus on theeconomic hardships of rural labor and mans every day struggles withnatural urges.