![]() ![]() In Canada, orgies are more of an Easter tradition, so I was briefly taken aback. ![]() Nearly every American hungers to move.Īt one point, Steinbeck stops in Texas for a ‘Thanksgiving orgy’. I saw this look and heard this yearning everywhere in every states I visited. They spoke quietly of how they wanted to go someday, to move about, free and unanchored, not toward something but away from something. ![]() I saw in their eyes something I was to see over and over in every part of the nation – a burning desire to go, to move, to get under way, anyplace, away from any Here. Steinbeck said he’d spent his life writing about America, but he had lost touch with the country and needed to reconnect. His trip takes him right over to the west coast, down to California, through Texas and into the deep south, and then back up home, essentially completing a loop of the entire country. He drives up New England with a brief stop at the Canadian border and then back down and westwards across the country. The two of them hop in his camper truck, named Rocinante after Don Quixote’s horse, and leaves his home in Long Island. It really brought him forward as a character, rather than just another generic dog companion. They have a sweet relationship, and I really love how he wrote about Charley, getting in his head and finding motivation for each action. Charley, full name Charles le Chien, is an elderly black French poodle, and Steinbeck decides to take him on the trip for a little companionship. ![]()
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