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  1. 10-29-2004, 13:35 #1
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    Question Your favourite Steinbeck

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    This fellow has been one of my favourites, for anything of his I happened to read such as "Of Mice and Men" or "To a God Unknown", and my interest has received a bump this past week, with "The Pearl" and "Cannery Row".

    So, what do you think/feel about him and/or his works? Which one(s) do you favour most, if any?



    EDIT: The empty option was intended as "GAH!" The forum seems to have trouble with the "< >" characters.
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    Last edited by Mouzafphaerre; 10-29-2004 at 13:56. Reason: Bug in the poll options ~:P
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  2. 10-29-2004, 14:44 #2
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    Default Re: Your favourite Steinbeck

    I only read Grapes of Wrath (in my American Studies class) and liked it a lot. Needless to say, it is my fav one!
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  3. 10-29-2004, 15:56 #3
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    Default Re: Your favourite Steinbeck

    similar to hetman except read 'of mice and men' for english course was pretty good so that'll be my favourite..
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  4. 10-29-2004, 16:02 #4
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    The one with the monkeys in it...
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  5. 10-29-2004, 16:33 #5
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    Default Re: Your favourite Steinbeck

    I've only read the pearl and grapes of wrath. Interesting books, can't see myself re-reading them anytime soon though.
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  6. 10-29-2004, 19:20 #6
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    Default Re: Your favourite Steinbeck

    Quote Originally Posted by Sasaki Kojiro
    I've only read the pearl and grapes of wrath. Interesting books, can't see myself re-reading them anytime soon though.
    I voted Of Mice & Men, but Cannery Row is a very close second.
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  7. 10-29-2004, 20:21 #7
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    Default Re: Your favourite Steinbeck

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  8. 10-30-2004, 00:18 #8
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    Who's steinbeck?
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  9. 10-30-2004, 00:57 #9
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    Oh... I thought you ment a stein full of Becks.

    I am sorry to say I've never read Steinbeck except for the first page of the Grapes of Wrath. The description of the man walking across the field during the dustbowl was pure brilliance.
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  10. 10-30-2004, 01:31 #10
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    Default Re: Your favourite Steinbeck

    I hd to do Of Mice and Men in my english class.

    He's a talented guy, but I can't say his writing really grabs me.
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    Default Re: Your favourite Steinbeck

    Mice and Men definitely
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  13. 10-30-2004, 04:57 #13
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    Of mice and men - superb.
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    Default Re: Your favourite Steinbeck

    I only read Grapes of Wrath. A really nice book...
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    Default Re: Your favourite Steinbeck

    Quote Originally Posted by Sjakihata
    Who's steinbeck?
    John Steinbeck, of Pulizer and Nobel prize winning fame

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    I'll go for "Of mice or men" myself...
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  16. 10-31-2004, 16:08 #16
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    Cannery Row for me. The character studies inform the outrageous plotline. Steinbeck's compassionate, bittersweet understanding of humanity, with all its warts, gets my #1 thumbs up for his best work. He's the writer I would most like to emulate - but never will.
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  17. 11-01-2004, 18:17 #17
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    TBH, I couldn't choose one from the ones I've read as they were all brilliant. I would probly say Of Mice and Men if pushed, but only cos thats the only one I've read more than once.
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