![]() ![]() ![]() This was Steinbeck's first big success, but it came saddled with misinterpretation. It is a sad story, presented in such a way that makes it seem so normal and so inevitable. But their situation, however happy they appear in it, is really quite dire. The excuses and reasoning that each character comes up with is pure comedy. And it is decided pretty much every day that wine is needed.Sometimes, quite often, this rock solid loyalty is bent for the sake of one of the groups own personal need, but there is always a rock solid reason why this must be so. The reason it is needed provides the rationalisation for the crimes committed to obtain it. These guys are so much more than lonely drifters though, they have a camaraderie and sense of loyalty that is rock solid.if it is decided that someone needs wine then the money is found, loaned, stolen, obtained through the sale of stolen goods and it is provided. When Danny inherits a house it becomes a hub for the local drifters who all share in its shelter. Steinbeck has created a world here that I have no direct experience of. ![]()
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