Set in contemporary time The Moon is Down by John Steinbeck portrays a story of the struggles of war. The book was published in 1942, which was the time when American was just rearming for World War II. Norway, Denmark, Holland, and France were all occupied. The country in this book that is under occupation is Norway. In this story the town is anonymous though peace loving and small such as Norway. A stronger country invades …showed first 75 words of 797 total…

…showed last 75 words of 797 total…evil. Even though the townspeople had to endure long hard months being captured and remaining obedient to their conquerors, in the end they won. This is because As Mayor Orden said the one impossible thing to do is “ To break a man’s spirit permanently,” The people “want to be free” said Dr. Winter and later said “ …but we are a free people… and in time of need leader pop up among us like mushrooms.”