Flight | Steinbeck's 'Flight': Journey to or from Maturity?
In the following essay, Walter K. Gordon discusses Pepe 's moral deterioration in "Flight.''
Critics have generally agreed with Peter Lisca's contention [in The Wide World of John Steinbeck, 1958] that "Flight" describes "the growth of a boy to manhood and the meaning of that manhood," thereby identifying Pepe Torres' experience with that of Huck Finn, Henry Fleming, George Willard, and Eugene Gant in one of the most familiar intellectual odysseys in American literature. I should like...
[The entire page is 873 words long]
Join eNotes
The above is a free excerpt. Get total access to this content with the:
Summary and Analysis – Themes – Characters – And much more...
Navigate
See Also:
- - Flight summary and study guide in the eNotes.
Tell a friend about Flight at eNotes.
- Add Flight to your favorites