The battle of Steinbeck

This essay is about the romance of John Steinbeck In doubt battle, that I consider a true exemple of American realism, in contest that would be political and ideological, but it is betrayed because author described live, common live of workers with difficulties and poverty, certainly, but ideological question is very marginal, battle of class of workers is alone mentioned some time, nothing is present to a declaration with political intentions; therefore Steinbeck avoids connection with socialism at his time, this is 1936, when certainly socialism was bordered alone in some country, and when economical condition of USA was certainly much precarious, therefore condition of entrepreneurs not was certainly richest; therefore the realism is present to description of human conditions of worker, but Steinbeck, so that his history has sense, he must exaggerate comments and conditions, that certainly could be may in conformity with description of Steinbeck but with much romanticized intent, and finally with very small ideological share; therefore now in Steinbeck follows his realism and description of irrelevant moment of live, that in his romance are part integral his style, that isn’t never thrown to big history or great themes, but contrary he takes always middle and down subject, because he describes with realism that he seen and sees, therefore great question aren’t also in this romance, that from a strike it become a daily description.

Alessandro Lusana             

Anomalous

George entered in office and lighted the light, he seen around strange masks of men with three eyes and two mouths, they seemed cubist painting, George took a paper on the table and red strange characters, strange writes, signs that seem Assyrian very old, strange signs that he red very speed, and after he called his secretary: “Lucy”, and arrived a woman with four hands and snakes on the head, she seemed Medusa, three eyes and a tail; he looked this woman and asked time, and this woman: “Now is half day”, and he seen through window and he seen that dark was very deep, and he answered: “Very good” and she gone out, he took phone and this was silent not rumour or other sign, he begun talk without number and he talked for 35 minutes, and he worked a business very important, after he written on the paper a letter and he used strange signs, a strange language neither European not actual, he called again his secretary and he asked that that letter was send, he called his dog that arrived to call, he has three head like Cerberus, and George given a cookie. Day after George slept in hotel and when he awaked he seen light of day, and he goggle eyes, he got down  by bet, opened window and he seen around and he seen much persons on the road, normal persons, and he called immediately a chambermaid that gone soon and she called orders; he looked chambermaid and much astonish asked time, and she answered: “8:00 AM lord”, and he looked again her and asked breakfast, she gone out and he continued looking around, white wall, bet without cobweb and  holes, he opened very slowly the door and looked passageway and he asked continually himself: “Where do I am now? Here all is strangest”, and he after eaten breakfast he gone out by hotel and he walked on the road and he looked persons with goggle eyes, dog with one head and persons with alone two hands, two eyes and hear. He walked all day and after he gone back to hotel, and he slept all night, day after he opened eyes and he seen dark, opened window and same dark, therefore he calmed and he seen bats and snakes  and women with two or three heads and sex or seven hands, three eyes and other, he entered in office and seen again his habit, therefore called his secretary and asked a drink, she carried it and before gone out she asked: “Excuse me, I have a question”, and George looked her and: “Yes”, and she: “How is the word?”, and he: “Don’t ask, please, don’t ask it! Anomalous, very anomalous!”. 

Alessandro Lusana