Richard Whiteside reads his son often from Herodotus, Thucydides and from Xenophon's "Anabasis" before.
"Everything has to be done to mankind is capable, in these three volumes recorded. The love and hate, the stupid falsehood and short-sightedness, heroism and greatness and sadness the human race -. everything you find in here "
tale is told by the people in the valley of the sky, not a valley in Karlifornien, far from Salinas where John Steinbeck was born, the valley so beautiful that when. had it once looked, the request was stirring to stay there forever. The valley as a haven for people who long for a beautiful life. But what are the people, the father of his son in the ancient Greek historians had read, in a valley as "The Valley of Heaven", will not deprive the people suffering. Characteristic of this are already the circumstances, such as the Valley was discovered.
Around the year 1776, which is Carmelo Mission of Alta California established. Some flee Indians who do not accept the new religion out of their huts, but recaptured by the military. On the way back to camp it happens, the column startled a young deer, which then takes flight, disappears behind a hill crest. can have the Kopral the desire to follow the animal and drives his horse, by holly and cactus hochzureiten the hill above the Koporal arrived on behalf of Christian mission to throw the first man on earth, a glimpse into the wonderful valley, long stretched green pastures on the deer graze peacefully, and the corporal cries delightedly:
"Holy Mother of God ... this is truly the valley of heaven, the Lord has promised us."
is now inhabited the valley for generations, houses, farms, a school. "The Valley of Heaven" can not help the people to a peaceful life. They create illusions and become locked in struggle, in suffering. A fate after another joins. Steinbeck has prompted some to grow up mentally retarded children in the valley leave. I wonder why? Here, of course, be speculated particular varied. Healthy people are not cope with their lives because they have their own characteristics. Why should it sick then do better? There are certain unabwindbare fates, of course, anyway, meet the people in the valley of the sky some very unique choices, furrow another dark gap in her life as wife Deventer, which it obviously mentally ill child will not want to send a specialist, because they therefore reckoned that their child was going to a nursing home. She wants to keep her daughter for himself. Of course this is a selfish motive, the selfishness of the mother goes to the child's health. Mother love can go strange ways, the consequence of our history is hard. Then there will prohibit it by the farmers Shark, who claims to make good money transactions, and finally broke, and his daughter, to meet with men. His life to set up a bogus building, what is that?
particularly touched me the fate of Junius Maltby, who lives very impoverished and neglected in the valley, which is due to his laziness of people hated almost already, your house and yard in wretched condition, he is a diligent reader and his son from "Treasure Island" aloud. Junius Maltby is doing well, he has nothing to complain about, because of company pressure, but converts and moves to San Francisco in order to lead a civil life, while also thinking about the future of his son.
Sun weaves a John Steinbeck fate dance, leaves many figures passing by. A familiar form of the novel who does not Steinbeck. In each chapter, another life is presented. A good choice I think the chapters are combined but still, because some characters appear as minor characters here and there again. In this way, John Steinbeck weaves into human life and puts it on a patch of earth. Wonderful. advised
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