John Steinbeck, the author of many books including The Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden, wrote the book The Pastures of Heaven. This book describes the lives of several families and life in a town called the Pastures of Heaven. One family in particular, the Munroes, seems to be involved with all the families living in the Pastures of Heaven. The Munroe family serves as a dramatic character for the rest of the families as, wherever they are, the beautiful pastures of paradise turn into chaos. In chapter three, Edward "Shark" Wicks is the father of the most beautiful girl in town; he is extremely protective of his daughter, so much so that she can't even talk to Jimmie Munroe. Jimmie kisses the Sharks' daughter, Alice, despite her father's warnings, leading to the family's downfall. The Munroe family, Jimmie in particular, unknowingly ruined the Sharks' reputation as the richest men in town. Jimmie Munroe was the dramatic character who ruined Shark's reputation. If Jimmie Munroe had not been there, Shark would never have lashed out against Jimmie and would not in turn have had to denounce his fraud. He could continue to live his life as a lie and continue to deceive people into believing that he was rich. Tularecito was an abnormal child found by Pancho in the brush of the Pastures of Heaven. After hearing a story about gnomes, Tularecito injures Bert Munroe and is sent to an insane asylum. Tularecito was digging holes in Bert Munroe's house to find the gnomes. Bert Munroe was a dramatic character in covering up the holes Tularecito dug, which ultimately led to Tularecito being sent to a mental institution. If Bert Munroe had not interfered with the Tularecito excavations, the... middle of paper ...... eight Miss Morgan has a wonderful colony in the pastures, when the Munros take her back to her childhood, she is brought back to the reality of his life. Raymond Banks, in chapter nine, was living a false reality where it was acceptable to observe executions, but the Munros brought reality back to Banks. Chapter ten was an exception because Pat Humbert lived in the reality of his childhood, but the Munros took him out of that reality and into the fantasy. Finally, Humbert returns to his reality at the end of the chapter. The Whitesides live in a fantasy where generations after generations could live in one house; however the Munros, by burning the house, brought them back to reality. If the Munros weren't there, all the families would be living a fantasy on the pastures, so it wasn't such a bad thing that the Munros were there to bring the families back to reality..