The correct answer is "John Steinbeck"
He was a famous American novelist, born in California, who depicted lives of regular Californian people, including folklore and symbolism, and other aspects of various traditions. He won the Nobel prize for his novel East of Eden.
The correct answer is A. Odyssean journey
This is an allusion to the great Greek epic Odyssey, and requires people to know what happens in the Odyssey to understand.
