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The Winter of Our Discontent - Definition and Overview |
| Related Words: Anger, Angst, Anguish, Annoyance, Anxiety, Ban, Bile, Blackball, Bore, Boredom, Complaint, Disagreement, Disappointment |
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Winter of Our Discontent book cover The Winter of Our Discontent is a 1961 novel by John Steinbeck.
The title is a reference to the phrase "Now is the winter of our discontent" from William Shakespeare's Richard III.
Plot
The story is about a New Englander named Ethan Allan Hawley who works as a clerk in the grocery store that used to be his, and is now owned by an Italan immigrant. His wife and kids want more than what he can give them. Then, he finds out that the immigrant that owned his store is an illegal alien, and he receives the store. Still, he does not feel happy about himself, and after he finds out the essay his son wrote for a competition plagiarized other famous writers work, he sinks farther into depression.
Movie
The novel was made into a television movie in 1983, starring Donald Sutherland as Ethan Hawley.
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