What makes John Steinbeck a good writer?

[D.J.]

Steinbeck: His ability to take on the questions of common man.

[Matthew]

Ruby wrote: "How could a Socialist run for President in that same system? "

Uh... You know that there are more than two political parties in the US, right? None of them get elected very often, but they do exist.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialis...

[Renee E]

Matthew wrote: "Ruby wrote: "How could a Socialist run for President in that same system? "

Uh... You know that there are more than two political parties in the US, right? None of them get elected very often, but..."

WAY more than two!

http://votesmart.org/political-parties

Shame more Americans don't even realize it.

[Sara]

Steinbeck knows what the heart of the matter is and has no problem facing it directly. There is a kind of poetry in his style and all of his characters have enough depth to seem real and complete.

[Duane]

Renee wrote: "Matthew wrote: "Ruby wrote: "How could a Socialist run for President in that same system? "

Uh... You know that there are more than two political parties in the US, right? None of them get elected..."

Yeah, don't underestimate 'em, either.

The NSDAP only had 7 members when Hitler joined it.

[D.J.]

What I like about Steinbeck is that he knows and writes about common man's loneliness, desire for better, using subjects and characters all readers can relate to in their lives.

[Monty J]

don wrote: "Geoffrey wrote: "Steinbeck was a middle of the road Democrat, ultraliberal on union matters (IN DUBIOUS BATTLE), moderate to conservative on Cold War Issues. Something like Hubert Humphrey from wha..."

I read somewhere that she was. Not card-carrying, but philosophically. Check out Benson's biography of J.S. or Jay Parini's.