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…showed last 75 words of 1304 total…often condemned as a communist. Steinbeck however did prove to his critics that he was not a dangerous political radical but simply a writer who had strong views on a persons right to a dignified existence regardless of social class. As one of the most influential American writers Steinbeck is best thought of as a master of the American mind set who helped his countrymen to realise as much as he could have them understand.