2. Steinbeck is Genuinely the Product of His Social Milieu:
A writer is an offshoot of the surroundings he is born in or brought up in. The social milieu, he lives in is a part and parcel of his creativity. It is very suitably said that the writers are not born rather they are shaped by the milieu they live in. It furnishes them with the raw material for their writings. Steinbeck’s works deal with a number of issues that he practically encounters in his social panorama. Out of all these issues, the issue of the 'have-nots' attracts him the most. He holds a firm conviction that the root cause of plenteous problems of the have-nots is the destruction of the basic social fabric. There are many factors in a social milieu which affects an individual. …show more content…
They are either from heredity or begotten by a social injustice. The fact is social milieu is the main operative force responsible for the condition of the have-nots. In every age, there have been reformation movements and trade unionists but none could exterminate the causes responsible for cropping up of the 'have-nots'. All political systems, religious saints and philosophers advocate for equality. But immense love for possessions is deep-rooted in the society that none wants to equalize with his fellow-beings. The well-to-do are at daggers' drawn with the 'have-nots'. Steinbeck’s have-nots are not the born ones. They are created by the socio-economic system. The have-nots’ emerge when greed replaces honesty, when man's life means nothing more than money and the power. The imbalance occurs in the architecture of social milieu when the 'haves' start taking and conquering instead of sharing and creating. It disturbs the health of society and strangles man’s nature giving and loving the mankind. In his novels Steinbeck goes into the raging storm to ally himself with the 'have-nots'. The have-nots have immeasurable sorrows, tinged with a very little joy. His works provide a fresh look through the background of the social
A writer is an offshoot of the surroundings he is born in or brought up in. The social milieu, he lives in is a part and parcel of his creativity. It is very suitably said that the writers are not born rather they are shaped by the milieu they live in. It furnishes them with the raw material for their writings. Steinbeck’s works deal with a number of issues that he practically encounters in his social panorama. Out of all these issues, the issue of the 'have-nots' attracts him the most. He holds a firm conviction that the root cause of plenteous problems of the have-nots is the destruction of the basic social fabric. There are many factors in a social milieu which affects an individual. …show more content…
They are either from heredity or begotten by a social injustice. The fact is social milieu is the main operative force responsible for the condition of the have-nots. In every age, there have been reformation movements and trade unionists but none could exterminate the causes responsible for cropping up of the 'have-nots'. All political systems, religious saints and philosophers advocate for equality. But immense love for possessions is deep-rooted in the society that none wants to equalize with his fellow-beings. The well-to-do are at daggers' drawn with the 'have-nots'. Steinbeck’s have-nots are not the born ones. They are created by the socio-economic system. The have-nots’ emerge when greed replaces honesty, when man's life means nothing more than money and the power. The imbalance occurs in the architecture of social milieu when the 'haves' start taking and conquering instead of sharing and creating. It disturbs the health of society and strangles man’s nature giving and loving the mankind. In his novels Steinbeck goes into the raging storm to ally himself with the 'have-nots'. The have-nots have immeasurable sorrows, tinged with a very little joy. His works provide a fresh look through the background of the social