Tortilla Flat (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: John Steinbeck
- First Published: 1935
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Naturalism
- Time of Work: The early 1920’s
- Setting: Tortilla Flat, a section of Monterey, California
- Genres: Long fiction, Naturalistic literature
- Subjects: North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Friendship, Class consciousness, 1920’s, Poverty or poor people, California, West, U.S.
- Locales: Monterey, CA
Characters Discussed
Danny, a paisano in his early thirties. His heritage is a mixture of Spanish, Indian, Mexican, and Caucasian, but, like all paisanos, he claims to be purely Spanish. He is small, dark, and compact in build. Danny is without conventional ambition but is intelligent and capable. He broke mules for the army in Texas during World War I. After his return from the war, Danny inherits two wooden houses from his grandfather, but property brings responsibility and worry, and security brings boredom, brooding, and restlessness: Danny likes women and...
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