white men supportive of Hawaii’s monarchy, Claus Spreckels set a great example for others. His life started in Germany and took him to all over the United States. He formed many businesses and helped try to keep Hawaii a monarchy. He was close friends with King Kalakaua and Queen Liliuokalani and fought for them to remain Hawaii’s leaders. His legacy and influence live on to this day, yet most people don’t even know his name. Born Adolf Claus Spreckels on July 9th, 1828 in Hanover, Germany, Adolf
“I hold that a writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man has no dedication nor any membership in literature”(St. James). By this quote, John Steinbeck is saying that if a writer doesn 't believe that people can be capable of becoming perfect that they should not be writing. John Steinbeck was an American author that wrote in the early twentieth century. He wrote short stories, but he is most known for his novels that depict the lower class of society. His most well known
plans can be destroyed by many innocent distractions. Even if the best intentions were meant, it still ends in an unpredictable way (Scarseth). Steinbeck got the inspiration to write this book in the summer of 1922 through his experience at Spreckels Sugar Company Ranch. He worked there with Filipino and Mexican labor. The landscape of the book was familiar to where he worked. He worked in an oasis type river and renamed the location to a place called Soledad which meant solitude (Hays)... ... middle