Travels with Charley: The end of the journey

Well everyone, this is the last blog post and the last class this quarter. I want to keep the prompt quite general but relatively personal, so there are only two general themes/questions:

1) Throughout Travels with Charley, Steinbeck is continually commenting on change and how America is changing since he knew it. Among other things, he laments the loss of localness, community, language, passion/enthusiasm, and discussion about things that really matter (strong opinions, as he puts it once). Do you agree with him? Has this continued? Have things changed even more or swung back towards his view at all?

2) We've now covered a wide array of Steinbeck's writing. Spend a little time thinking and writing about what you think makes Steinbeck unique or worthwhile as an author and what his works mean or contribute to your life.

-Bill

Cannery Row

Hi all,

For Cannery Row, feel free to post whatever you find interesting or what you think might be productive for a class discussion.

See you all Monday,

Bill & Clay