John Steinbeck Essay

Steinbeck as an author always seemed to have a niche for writing stories that made you think ab expose the vastness of sprightliness. think of for behavior was highlighted in his stories many times, whether its the presence of or the leave out of. A few stories that involved this were The Pearl, Of Mice and Men and Travels with Charlie. He knew how to tug on peoples heart strings and make them really think about what life truly means to us even after we close the book.The importance of reputeing life is evident. Life is several(prenominal)thing that is beautiful when it is given and sorrow some when its interpreted away. The ravisher of something alive stack easily outweigh the beauty of it dead, to some people. To some people the thrill of the kill is all that matters and showing that they are the dominant species. This disrespect of life itself is portrayed in the story Travels with Charlie. Steinbeck, being an older wise man at this time knew the beauty of life and felt that it was better to keep the two coyotes alive than kill them and fool away the beauty of them away. He respects life greatly because he sees the beauty in it and wants to see that beauty shine on. Also, in The Pearl, he shows his respect for life through Kino wanting to preserve Coyotitos innocence and let him live on to be more than he was himself.On the other hand, some people do non respect life. These people, bid Curleys wife in Of Mice and Men, treat people resembling property, exchangeable Crooks. She threatened to lynch him if he ever did anything wrong or got out of place. She does not see the beauty in this mans life and therefore does not treat him with the respect he deserves, instead she puts herself before him metaphorically and treats him like a common slave.In conclusion, Steinbeck shows that the beauty of life can each be respected and appreciated or disrespected and abused. These two viewpoints of life can differ between the person but he shows how respect and esteem can prove the best way to go about a situation. And how hate and disrespect for someone can cause you to think slight of them and not see the beauty they possess within.