i definitely think that the struggles steinbeck wrote about were and are true. power makes ppl greedy and selfish leaving the majority starving and thats not right. however, he was way too wordy and had so many useless parts that could have been done without. it reads like he never actually experienced this himself making it really ingenious and trying make himself relatable or something. but it just wasnt it. and the ending???? wtf was that?????? im pretty sure thats not how that works???? or realistic at all???? overall it was annoying and pretentious and i hate that i agree with him on the status of corporations in america and cops.