Thus begin the "adventures," most of which center around acquiring money.Įventually, Danny, now the leader, becomes disenchanted, and the story takes on darker tones as he attempts to recapture the pleasures of his youth and freedom from responsibility of ownership.
They return to Monterey to learn that Danny has been left two houses by his grandfather, which he shares with the group. With the advent of World War I, they enlist in a fevor of drunken patriotism, though none of them find their way into combat. He finds that his grandfather, a very respected citizen of Tortilla Flat, has just passed away and Danny inherits two of his houses. Loosely based in the King Arthur's legend, as Steinbeck stated, war veteran Danny returns to his home in Tortilla Flat, and begins to drink heavily. Kind natured and loyal to one another, they disregard convention, revelling in their idyllic world of poverty. The review of this Book prepared by Caroline T. The story surrounds a group of young jobless men of Mexican descent living on a hilltop in Monterey, California. As he chronicles the thoughts and emotions, temptations and lusts of the "knights", Steinbeck spins a tale as compelling as the famous legends of the Round Table Adopting the structure and themes of Arthurian legend, John Steinbeck creates a "Camelot" on a shabby hillside above Monterey on the California coast and peoples it with a colorful band of knights.
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