After Marullo is taken into custody, he transfers ownership of the store to Ethan through the actions of the very government agent that caught him. On discovering that the current store owner, Italian immigrant Alfio Marullo, may be an illegal immigrant, Ethan makes an anonymous tip to the Immigration and Naturalization Service. These people, as well as his children and other members of the town, all encourage him to bring back the riches and glory of his family name. Yet on Good Friday, his way of living is questioned by some of the people closest to him. Ethan, an honest man, spends his days reliving the old days of family glory, while working as a grocery clerk in a store his family once owned. The Winter of Our Discontent is the story of Ethan Allen Hawley, a member of a once great family turned broke. Steinbeck's last novel, The Winter of Our Discontent, examines moral decline in America. A study by the Center for the Learning and Teaching of Literature in the United States found that Of Mice and Men was one of the ten most frequently read books in public high schools. He has been called "a giant of American letters," and many of his works are considered classics of Western literature.
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