The Pearl was based on real characters whom Steinbeck became acquainted with during one of his prolonged travels, as also noted below. When not writing about his native California and its citizens, he would use people whom he had become intimate with in other ways (see discussion of The Grapes of Wrath below). Within his novels are characters who seem to breathe the very reality of life itself. Thus, many of his works take place in California, where he lived, and they deal with subjects which he thoroughly understood. He was not content to narrate a story which had no basis in fact. John Steinbeck was the type of author who liked to know his material firsthand.
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