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"Quiz:"

Is Steinbeck completely a naturalist? Why or why not?

Naturalism:

*A literary movement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

*Views human beings as animals in the natural world, responding to environmental forces and internal stresses and drives, none of which they can control or understand.

*Emphasizes either a biological or a socioeconomic determinism.

*Naturalists strive to be objective in the presentation of material; amoral in the view of the struggle in which human animals find themselves, neither condemning nor praising human beings for actions beyond their control

*Pessimistic about human capabilities

Symbols:

*The fog/mist.

Go through the text and highlight any mention of this symbol. Then, in pairs, try to figure out what the fog/mist symbolizes.

Analyze:

"The Hawkins women, they’re

symbols. They’re what we tell our kids when we want to – well, to describe good people.”

"A community would feel kind of – safe, having women like that about. A place like Loma with its fogs, with its great swamp like a hideous sin, needed, really needed, the Hawkins women. A few years there might do things to a man’s mind if those women

weren’t here to balance matters. "

"They can’t do anything bad. It wouldn’t be good for any of us if the Hawkins sisters

weren’t the Hawkins sisters.”

“The community conscience?” I asked.

“The safe thing,” he cried. “The place where a kid can get gingerbread. The place where a girl can get reassurance. They’re proud, but they believe in things we hope are true. And

they live as though – well, as though honesty really is the best policy and charity really is its own reward. We need them.”

Johnny Bear

*What does he look like? What are some examples of specific language Steinbeck uses to describe him? Find THREE specific examples in the text.

*What is the "trick" he performs at the bar?

*What is the big secret that Johnny reveals?

Geography

*Where are we?

*Describe the situation with the swamps: what is happening to the north and south of the town?

*Describe the Buffalo Bar

"Johnny Bear," by John Steinbeck

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