Steinbeck would say that America mostly discredits diversity. He also would say that America is a melting pot but that there is nothing expressing what makes our “pot” so special. In the passage, he describes the makeup of the American society; although the majority of the population comes from a different country, Americans generalize characteristics “regardless of their states, their social financial status, their education, their religion and their political convictions.” Steinbeck almost criticizes how alike Americans are, despite our different origins, when he discusses how unalike other countries’ citizens are, because the citizens have diverse origins and diverse characteristics.
