The Turtle John Steinbeck

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“The Turtle” is a story by John Steinbeck, about the struggles of life and how to overcome them. The story starts by explaining how the desert is and the inhabitants of the desert. Steinbeck describes the desert as dry and bleak and many dead dry plants. The turtle first appears as a slow and feeble. Steinbeck describes the turtle as sluggish and distressed soul and he is trying to compare the turtle to a person who is trying to strain through life. The turtle is trying to climb the mountain and is having tribulations, but he is still pushing through even though he is moving little by little. He finally gets going well enough, then he gets to another struggle of having an ant climb into his shell and frightens him so bad that he climbs into

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