Most of Steinbeck's work is set in southern<span> and </span>central California<span>, particularly in the </span>Salinas Valley<span> and the </span>California Coast Ranges<span> region. His works frequently explored the themes of fate and injustice, especially as applied to downtrodden or </span>every man protagonists<span>.</span>
They have influenced us by their democracy, philosophy, art, architecture, science and sports. We have taken their inventions, ideas, and creations. Some of which we made our own just based off of theirs or re-made what they had. The Greeks have infused their culture into ours.
