Sondos Ibrahim Salem <br/><br/>
The changing values of the American society during the great depression in selected novels by John Steinbeck /  
Sondos Ibrahim Salem ; Supervised Evine Hashem  
 - Cairo :   Sondos Ibrahim Salem ,   2016 
 - 269 P. ;   25cm 
<br/><br/>Thesis (M.A.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Arts - Department of English 
<br/><br/> John Steinbecks literary works depict social and  psychological dimensions of mans life. According to  social theories, it is within society that mans character is  shaped and his values are formed. Throughout his  writings, Steinbeck develops a concern for man as the  essential component of the social structure. Crises and  disasters influence this social structure as regards  notions and values which in turn affect human relations.  Man in Steinbecks novels reveals his concepts and  values through dialogues. Therefore, this study is based  on the belief that crises change societies internally and  externally as well. Also, the thesis questions change as an  emerging state of social and behavioral disorder that  expands in levels. Each level manifests a certain condition; however the outcome brings these conditions  together. That is, the internal destruction of man and the  external collapse of the social structure result in unfit  and incapable persons who lose the life struggle.  
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Changing values  Man in the changing Society  The Great Depression