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John was seen as a communist which wasn't looked at in a good sense which made him constantly harassed as well as his taxes audited, which made his situation even worse, he used the harassment as a topic for some of his book characters to face.

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Parents: Mother =Olive Hamilton/ Father = John Ernst Steinbeck

Siblings: Mary Steinbeck Dekker, Esther Steinbeck Rodgers, Elizabeth Steinbeck Ainsworth

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John Steinbeck's house where he was raised.

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John Steinbeck's house where he was raised.

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John was born in the Salinas's Valley also known as the "Salad Bowl of the Nation" which is near central California

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John had begun his traveling in Long Island New York and followed the border of the United States, From Maine to the Pacific Northwest

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John went to Sanford University to study English Literature but never got the chance to graduate and also went to Salina's high school where he got his high school diploma.

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The great depression was put in full stride in his time and John faced many hardships especially on the farm he lived on as well as the dust storms ruining any already feeble crops that survived which made the time of life even worse due to food shortages and lack of job's.

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John travelled to New York and tried for years to become a free-lance writer but completely failed and travelled back to California and published some novels.

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Salinas High School in Salinas, California. It was founded in 1882.

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The topics of Johns books were government harassment which he faced a lot in his actual life as well as agricultural life and his peers backstory's and current lives.

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The books John created many influential books in his time and they are seen as classics today and some notable ones are "Of Mice and Men" as well as "The Grapes of Wrath" which are some of his most popular books and show many harsh topics.

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John faced harassment due to his communistic nature as well as his books being heavily criticized by the farmers he lived around due to him sharing what is actually happening rather than putting them in a good light, he was also in the great depression which meant that he could barely even sustain himself.

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Johns life was not all terrible, he gained a national book award as well the Nobel prize in literature as well as served in world war two where he was a war correspondent, and even surviving the great depression is an accomplishment in itself.

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During John's time, World war I had just ended and the country is still recovering from damages caused by the war. Then when the stock market started to decline, investors went to quickly take their shares which lead to a stock market crash.

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John failed to graduate in college which made him struggle and go to New York to find a job that can sustain him and help him get on his feet.

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John created a wide array of books with many differences in popularity. Some of his books are considered classics and others are long forgotten or not nearly as popular as some of his other books he has created.

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John focused on many subjects in his life, especially his farm life where he wrote stories about the farmers he lived around yet they were faced with very heavy criticism by the community due to their struggles not wanting to be known.

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John was luckily able to live through the great depression and was able to make his books popular, now today some of his books are very popular and are even seen as classics in some cases.

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John lived during a very hard time in America, The great depression which completely collapsed any form of currency and dwindled and farmers struggled to even yield crops and even lost their homes they had for generations.

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John lived in the agricultural community most of his life and he even based some books based on his life or others while he lived in the community and made a couple popular books.

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John always had an interest in writing and literature which helped him develop his love to write about other's stories and lives, yet he faced criticism from his peers due to his books telling the stories of their lives in not a positive sense.