moon is down
... In The Moon is Down, the soldiers feel the need to return home. ... "The strength of the conquered people in The Moon is Down is that of the pioneers in the Leader of the People" (Lisca 190). ... In the novel, The Moon is Down, Steinbeck shows us how war affects different people. ... According to Richard Astro, "But despite his love for this world and the people who inhabit it, Steinbeck orders his novel to show beyond all doubt that it is as doomed to eventual extinction as the world of Colonel Lansers overly integrated soldiers in The Moon is Down" (20). ... "Steinbecks The Moon is Down (1942). ... The Moon is Down.