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Cannery row In over thirty years of writing, from the late 1920s to the 1960s, Steinbeck has given ample indication that he is not the naive proletarian he has at times been called. His stories although almost always encouraging his reader to sympathize with his proletariat style characters are much more varied than this and it is believed by many critics that Steinbeck worked hard to lose his image of “communist radical”. This is what led Steinbeck’s harshest critics to challenge those that offered praise to Steinbeck. It is true that a majority of Steinbeck’s stories dealt with poor under privileged characters but Steinbeck also delt with other themes that where influenced by what he experienced in life. In contrast to what the critics have said Steinbeck is a writer who diligently exposed issues of the 30 year period and those issues which where close to his heart. His subject matter tended to be simple, but varied. For example, historical romance (cup of gold), myth (To a god unknown), ionic realism (the pasture of heaven) and epic folk (The grapes of wrath) are examples of subjects Steinbeck wrote about. Through out his literary career Steinbeck was influenced by many political, economical and social issues of the 30yr period he was writing steinbeck, war, writing, issues, great, novels, depression, about, influence, social, often, influenced, critics, american, right, political, life, communist, books, year, wrote, time, story, steinbeck’s, rich, radical, period, men, major, line, just, ideas, grapes, dangerous, bomber, believed, wrath, world, women’s, wars, very, through, three, thirty, think, themes, moon, taking, take