Suggestions

• Who strongly influenced Steinbeck's writing in the 1930s and 1940s?

• What was John Steinbeck's position on the Vietnam War?

• Did John Steinbeck serve in the military?

• Why was the selection of Steinbeck for the Nobel Prize heavily criticized?

• Who appeared as the on-screen narrator of 20th Century Fox's film, O. Henry's Full House?

• What survives in Monterey that is described in Cannery Row?

• Who directed the film adaptation of 'Cannery Row'?

• Who was Steinbeck's model for the character 'Doc' in Cannery Row and Sweet Thursday?