John Steinbeck

1. John Steinbeck

2. The WriTing STyleS
of
John STeinbeck
• John STeinbeck'S WriTing STyle
haS been Said To be a
naTuraliST or realiST STyle. a
realiST STyle iS defined aS, The
Theory or pracTice of fideliTy
To naTure or To real life and
accuraTe repreSenTaTion
WiThouT idealizaTion of
everyday life. ThiS STyle iS
immediaTely evidenT WiThin The
firST feW chapTerS of The
novel.

3. • The main characTers are usually
poor or working-class people
who are sTruggling buT are living on
faiTh.
• The environmenT symbolize The
hardships and The blessings of
life.
• The weaTher and naTure To convey
The feeling or characTerisTics of one
of The characTers
• The good evenTs ThaT occur wiThin
ThaT cerTain period of Time.
• repeTiTion basically The same Thing
over and over, only using differenT
insTances.

4. examples
• "A man can hold land if he can just eat
and pay taxes;“
• "But--you see, a bank or company can't
do that, because those creatures don't
breathe air, don't eat side-meat."
• "clover burrs fell on him and rolled to
the ground."

5. Long sentences
• "The concrete highway was edged with a mat
of tangled, broken, dry grass, and the grass
heads were heavy with oat beards to catch on
a dog's coat, and foxtails to tangle in a horse's
fetlocks, and clover burrs to fasten in sheep's
wool; sleeping life waiting to be spread and
dispersed, every seed armed with an appliance
of dispersal, twisting darts and parachutes for
the wind, little spears and balls of tiny thorns,
and all waiting for animals and for the wind,
for a man's trouser cuff or the hem of a
woman's skirt, all passive but armed with
appliances of activity, still, but each possessed
of the anlage of movement."