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.
A theme could be "life or death" because throughout the novel because for an example Montags wife attempts suicide until montag finds her and calls for emergency help and saves her life, and while they were trying to help her its unclear if she was going to live or die, so while all this is happening monag starts to womder what life really is.

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