My favorite character in Steinbeck's Travels with Charlie was John Steinbeck himself. There are many reasons why I chose Steinbeck as my favorite.
One of the reasons is because he goes after what he wants. All his life Steinbeck has wanted to travel and he got it accomplished. Going out and accomplishing his dream when he was at the old age of 60 shows that he had true love for this dream. I think it is very important when you have a dream for as long as Steinbeck did that you go out and accomplish that dream.
Another reason why Steinbeck is my favorite is because he never really seems like he is scared of anything. There was many times when Steinbeck could have easily just said that he didn’t want to do it anymore and go back home, but he never did that. Not only did he set out to accomplish his dream, he left his family at home even though he knew that he would be gone for a long period of time. I know that Steinbeck brought his dog, Charlie, along but you can’t talk to the dog about stuff and get an answer return like you can with people. Also at the beginning of his trip Steinbeck had to go through a hurricane. If that would have been me I would have just went home and took it as a bad sign.
My favorite place that Steinbeck visited was New York. I guess a big part of the reason why it’s my favorite is because it is an actual place where I have visited myself. When I was reading that part of the book it made memories of what I saw in New York come back to me. I also really want to go back to New York.
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