Power and Powerlessness in Steinbeck’s Of Penguin Classics. Soaphead Church (aka Elihue Micah Whitcomb): A fortune teller of West Indian descent for grants Pecola’s wish to get blue eyes. 4. Died: 20 December 1968, New York, NY, USA. Lady Macbeth ('Macbeth') Welsh actor Anthony Hopkins as Macbeth and English actress Diana Rigg as Lady Macbeth. does Steinbeck present the character of Crooks Set in the rich farmland of the Salinas Valley, California, this powerful, often brutal novel, follows the interwined destinies of two families – the Trasks and the Hamiltons – whose generations hopelessly re-enact the fall of Adam and Eve and the … Opening with letters written during Steinbeck's early years in California, and closing with a 1968 note written in Sag Herbor, New York, Steinbeck: A Life in Letters reveals the inner thoughts and rough character of this American author as nothing else has and as nothing else ever will. John Steinbeck's dog ate his original manuscript for Of Mice and Men. Although the reader quickly learns that Lennie “ain’t smart,” the reader also learns later in the novel that “he’s a God damn good worker. Shakespeare Characters About John Steinbeck
