Analysis of Fight by John Steinbeck We analyzed the first section of the Flight by John Steinbeck. Thereare two main categories in the introductory section that we hadanalyzed- the setting and the introduction of characters.
But before we describe the setting, we are going to briefly talk aboutSteinbeck. John Steinbeck was born in Salinas, and lived the earlypart of his life in Monterey County, California. It was here thatSteinbeck developed a knowledge and love of the natural world and thediverse cultures that figure so prominently in his works.
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The setting is described in the first paragraph. It talks about wherethe Torres family farm was located. It is located about fifteen milesbelow Monterey, where we previously talked about and where most ofSteinbeck’s fiction took place.
In the first sentence, it tells us they lived not far away from acliff and it describes the surroundings-the brown reefs and thehissing white water. The place Steinbeck described, was of his nativeregion of Monterey Bay
Then in the second sentence, Steinbeck tells of a stone mountainbehind the farm. Steinbeck is actually describing Torre Canyon(beforeknown as Tores Canyon) which was located near Monterey Bay, whichrelates to the name of the “Torres” family.
In the third sentence, Steinbeck describes the farm house they livedin. It gives us the feeling that it was old, and been through a lotthrough the years.
Lastly, the setting described by Steinbeck was overall peaceful andnice. This was the mood Steinbeck had developed during the beginning.
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…had developed during the beginning.
We’re going to talk about the major character character first-Pepe.(refer to chart)
*note* during describing Pepe talk about what was significant to him.
The knife that was inherited from his father. (Also which startedeverything)
Also there are many changes in the character of Pepe during oursection.
On page 4, paragraph 4 starting with “He was changed. The fragilequality seemed t have gone from his chin. His mouth was less full thanit had been, the lines of the” this paragraph tells the characterchange in Pepe- how he has grown to be a man.
Another change was described in the second page near the end stating”A revolution took place in the relaxed figure of Pepe. ‘To Monterey,me? Alone? Si Mama'” this line is where he began to think more than achild.
