A fifteen page paper comparing these three novels by John Steinbeck and Richard Wright in terms of the way they look at the concept of community from the perspective of the human development of their protagonists. The paper concludes that in Steinbeck s works, society is wrong, but individual people can work out a form of communal redemption. In Wright s novel, society is just as wrong, but the individual has no logical response but rage. No additional sources. A five page paper looking at the issue of freedom in John Steinbeck s classic novel.
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Paper argues that the stories are about personal change, and leaving a life of emotional neglect. No outside sources. He mixes hope and belief in higher powers with social corruption and pressures to conform. The American Tragedy is represented in this struggle and the eventual success of societal pressure to define the family structure as opposed to tradition and moral considerations. This is a 5 page paper looks at Steinbeck's portrayal of the concept of American Tragedy.