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John Steinbeck has a unique ability to portray characters wholly through the smallest of details. Steinbeck was born in Salema, California in 1902 and held many different working class jobs. In these jobs he encountered many different types of people that later ....

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.... “blocked and heavy in her gardening costume” (304). She had on a pair of “clodhopper shoes” and a “man’s black hat pulled down over her eyes”(304). Her figure is completely covered by a “corduroy apron with four big pockets” (304). She wears a pair of “heavy leather gloves to protect her hands while she works” (304). Elisa has strong fingers(308). Her hair is “dark” and “pretty”(308). Just as Steinbeck gives a physical description on Elisa’s appearance he also reveals her character and personality. Elisa’s industrious nature is symbolized by her “hard swept looking little house, with hand-polished windows ....