Status Updates From Travels with Charley: In Se...

Steinbecks description of how the sense of “localness” is being lost during his travels is poignant. The loss of local accent, idioms and figures of speech are starting to dwindle due to the modernisation of America. Communities are not as isolated and places are more connected with the development of highways, television etc.

“Government can make you feel so small and mean that it takes some doing to build back a sense if self-importance”