John Steinbeck grew up with a drive to be successful. As a young boy he supported himself taking numerous jobs just to make it through. When he finally began writing he showed deep empathy for migrate workers and those who struggle to survive. He felt that they lost the enjoyment and the feeling of living with all the manual labor. Steinbeck was able to write about these things because he fully understood them and experienced it first hand.
I Steinbeck's story, "Flight" he tells the story of a young man who wants to be considered a man. He is the oldest child of the family and his father has deserted them. He now feels like it is his job to be a man. His mother cares for him and her other children very much. She wants him to act more mature and grow up a little, but at the same time he is her son and she loves him regardless. One thing that was left behind from his father was a knife. Pepe loved that knife and he carried it around everywhere. One day his mother sent him into town to get some medicine. He was exposed to an entirely different world at that point in his life. He got into an argument and ended up killing a man. He has finally become a man, but at what cost? He was forced to run out into the mountainside to try and flee. In the end he was killed anyway. He could escape what he has done, and had to face it like a man. A very sad story that when all he wanted was to be a man like his father. Everyone has to realize their are consequences to every action.
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