Failure is a blessing
The world consists of those with the aspiration for greatness; however, there are few that actually are. Authors use their power of having a large audience to convey messages that he or she feels is important. In his Nobel Prize for Literature Acceptance Speech, John Steinbeck, the author of literary treasures, spoke of what an author’s responsibility is as a creator. Writers are delegated to present the good side of humanity like love and triumph but also dark sides like failure and greed. “The writer is delegated to declare and to celebrate man’s proven capacity for greatness of heart and spirit- for gallantry in defeat - for courage, compassion and love” (nobelprize.org). It is the failure of man’s character that leads to greatness. …show more content…
John Steinbeck conveys this idea through his characters George and Lennie and their pursuit towards the American dream. “And it’d be our own, an’ nobody could can us. If we don’t like a guy we can say, ‘Get the hell out,’ and by god he’s got to do it. An’ of a fren’ some along, why we’d have an extra bunk, an’ we’d say, ‘Why don’t you spen’ the night?’ An’ by God he would” (58). George and Lennie’s travel from ranch to ranch in order to earn enough money to get their own place allows the reader to understand that a person will not stop working until he reaches his goal. Their ambition to answer to nobody except for themselves stays true throughout their failures, and although they never accomplish their desired goal, it is the motivation that pushes
The world consists of those with the aspiration for greatness; however, there are few that actually are. Authors use their power of having a large audience to convey messages that he or she feels is important. In his Nobel Prize for Literature Acceptance Speech, John Steinbeck, the author of literary treasures, spoke of what an author’s responsibility is as a creator. Writers are delegated to present the good side of humanity like love and triumph but also dark sides like failure and greed. “The writer is delegated to declare and to celebrate man’s proven capacity for greatness of heart and spirit- for gallantry in defeat - for courage, compassion and love” (nobelprize.org). It is the failure of man’s character that leads to greatness. …show more content…
John Steinbeck conveys this idea through his characters George and Lennie and their pursuit towards the American dream. “And it’d be our own, an’ nobody could can us. If we don’t like a guy we can say, ‘Get the hell out,’ and by god he’s got to do it. An’ of a fren’ some along, why we’d have an extra bunk, an’ we’d say, ‘Why don’t you spen’ the night?’ An’ by God he would” (58). George and Lennie’s travel from ranch to ranch in order to earn enough money to get their own place allows the reader to understand that a person will not stop working until he reaches his goal. Their ambition to answer to nobody except for themselves stays true throughout their failures, and although they never accomplish their desired goal, it is the motivation that pushes