![]() ![]() You may win the battle with sheer force, but the minds and hearts of free people will continue to fight until they have won the war. They are, in fact, soldiers following orders in a situation that they neither understand nor control.Īt one point, one of the soldiers laughs hysterically and says “the flies have conquered the flypaper,” and this would pretty much sum up the purpose of the story. Steinbeck presents the soldiers and other officers from either side as normal and real people with all the social responsibilities common to all men. He presents it going beyond the good and the bad sides in conflict using the human side of the enemy being faced. The characters are more stereotypes than individuals, although Steinbeck does manage to make the invaders mostly humans rather than monsters. Steinbeck in his book the Moon is Down opens up a leader’s paradox. ![]() The plot is fairly predictable, because we know how the Nazi’s operated during the war when met with resistance. In a town, in a country that is almost without doubt meant to mirror Norway, a conquering invasion force is subjected to the unfaltering resistance of a free people. This story, published in 1942, was a contribution by Steinbeck to the effort to mentally shore up the countries under invasion by Germany at that time. ![]()
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