Hemingway's novels of which I have read around 4 tend to all be written in the same style and feature generally the same themes, i. Faulkner, too, often deals with the same themes, in his case, history, the decay of Southern tradition, and existential topics such as consciousness and being.
Overall I prefer both Faulkner's style and theme to Hemingway's, though I enjoy both. With Hemingway, any book will do. Ajax - It matters not what order you read them in, but just know that Faulkner is the hardest read. It always amazes me how respondents on this forum try to give advice never asked for; ie, you ask about Hemingway, Steinbeck, and Faulkner and right away you get advice about Hardy and others.
I had an employee once who when given instructions immediately started on a tangent which I didn't want him pursuing. I asked for A; he came back with B. At first I let him ramble since I didn't want to squelch creativity, but when it became too irritating, I fired him! It amazes me that some respondents in this forum never want to go off at tangents.
I like it when people give advice I've never asked for, that's when I'm likely to learn something new. Does anyone know why sad music is so beautiful? Conceptually, Steinbeck is the most simplistic.
So, I guess you could say the easiest. Stylistically, Faulkner and Hemingway are opposites: Faulkner's style is dense while Hemingway is a mimimalist. Faulkner is hardest to understand because of his writing style. Aside from voicing serious concerns about industrial injustice and unrest, Steinbeck also conducts an insightful investigation into the ways in which human behaviour changes when people find themselves no longer acting as individuals, but as members of a group. They moved together, looked alike.
The roar was one voice, coming from many throats. And The Moon Is Down departs from the lush valleys of California, setting its story in a small, coastal town under military occupation in an unnamed European country. Suppression, Steinbeck demonstrates, creates a simmering need for freedom that is bound to manifest in action.
The town was occupied, the defenders defeated, and the war was finished. There was a very early morning with chill air and the sun was coming up behind the mountains and in a muddy road little gray birds were hopping. There wasn't any reason for joy, but it had been there. The Red Pony is an episodic novella. All four focus on Jody Tiflin, a young boy living in a Salinas valley ranch.
This affecting coming-of-age book sees Jody learn important, at times heartbreaking lessons about life and death. In the first story, Jody is given a red pony by his father, an animal he grows to love with all his youthful heart, but his world is shattered when misfortune strikes.
Beautiful and tender, The Red Pony is an emotionally distressing book that charts the process of growing up one painful, innocence-shattering moment at a time. Though the detailed accounts of aquatic life may put some readers off, we believe this book will deeply touch anyone who loves the sea and the natural world. Following Danny and his group of idiosyncratic paisano friends on their many wine-fueled shenanigans, this novel accomplishes the same feat as Cannery Row : it creates in the reader a complicated affection for deeply flawed characters.
Though the morality of their actions varies, it is clear that the protagonists of Tortilla Flat mean well, as Steinbeck holds them up to the light to examine the shades of right and wrong inherent in their actions. Finally, we have to note that this book makes reference to some dated racial stereotypes, a fact which detracts from its success. When the glittery dew is on the mallow weeds, each leaf holds a jewel which is beautiful if not valuable.
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Or sign up with an. Log in. East of Eden Buy on Amazon Add to library. Out of their trials and their repeated collisions against the hard realities of an America divided into Haves and Have-Nots evolves a drama that is intensely human yet majestic in its scale and moral vision, elemental yet plainspoken, tragic but ultimately stirring in its human dignity.
The Grapes of Wrath This edition features an introduction and notes by Steinbeck scholar Susan Shillinglaw. The Winter of Our Discontent Of Mice and Men Cannery Row discover rewards unknown in more traditional society. Steinbeck has made it seem. Of Mice and Men Whether he writes about the amiable outcasts of Tortilla Flat or about the grim strikers of In Dubious Battle , he tells a story.
Of Mice and Men is a thriller, a gripping tale running to novelette length that you will not set down until it is finished. It is more than that; but it is that. They do in this story as in others. But it is a play on the immemorial theme of what men live by besides bread alone. In sure, raucous, vulgar Americanism, Steinbeck has touched the quick in his little story. The Grapes of Wrath A greater tragedy than death is a burned-out bearing, repaired after efforts that Steinbeck describes as if he were singing the exploits of heroes at the siege of Troy … The first half-dozen of these interludes have not only broadened the scope of the novel but have been effective in themselves, sorrowful, bitter, intensely moving.
But after the Joads reach California, the interludes are spoken in a shriller voice. It makes him notice everything that sets them apart from the rest of the world and sets one migrant apart from all the others. Cannery Row He can kill anything for need but he could not even hurt a feeling for pleasure.
It is complex without being complicated … Cannery Row is an epic of little things and little lives. It has a strange, shimmering beauty filled with the quiet joy and dumb, haunting sorrow that is the heritage of those who, by accident of birth, temperament, or circumstance, live on the outer edge of a social organization to which they can never belong.
Chappell Jr. East of Eden I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart.
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