Arugement: His heritage of being german and irish affected his stories characters. Claim: The way he was brought up helped add all different aspects into his novels, having a peice of every charactersitic in his characters. Evidence:"between the romantic and the hardheaded naturalist, between the dreamer and the masculine tough guy, may be partly accounted for by inheritance from the Irish and German strains of his parents"

Arguement: Steinbeck choose his characters based on having two people in every story to juxtapose eachother. Claim: Having these opposing characters keeps the readers more interested in the story with more drama/excitment. Evidence: "Every good story must have opposing forces, friends and enemies to keep the conflict moving"