<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ukuxhumana kukaSteinbeck nabalobi abangakwesobunxele, izintatheli, kanye nezikhulu zezisebenzi kungase kube nomthelela ekubhaleni kwakhe. Wajoyina iNhlangano Yabalobi BaseMelika, inhlangano yamaKhomanisi, ngo-1935. USteinbeck wafundiswa abalobi abanenkani uLincoln Steffens nomkakhe u-Ella Winter. Ngokusebenzisa uFrancis Whitaker, ilungu le-John Reed Club for writers ye-Communist Party USA, uSteinbeck wahlangana nabahleli besiteleka be-Cannery and Agricultural Workers Industrial Union. Ngo-1939, wasayina incwadi nabanye ababhali eyayisekela ukuhlasela kweSoviet eFinland  <response>: nohulumeni oyimbuka owasungulwa amaSoviet. 