Travels with Charley

Survival: the continuation of life and existence. Survival is the meaning of the piece from Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck. Although the many circumstances may arise, each living creature is trained to survive the environment in which it lives in. Survival is every being’s first duty to perform, to try and “beat” the conditions of its life. In this piece, Steinbeck uses imagery as a way to let the reader visualize the setting …

…of the desert, and emphasizes the main points. At the beginning, it also creates the motionless feel of the desert. Finally, the most important part of Steinbeck’s style is his organization because it is the soul purpose that the reader stays with the writing. He gives just the right amount of information to lead to the next idea. These three techniques create the entire work, and shape it into the way that Steinbeck intended.