Steinbeck spends a lot of work describing the setting. how do you feel about this place? what places have you seen that are similar?

Are you referring to the ranch they are on or the countryside? There are a few places in the book.

I assume, by chapter one, you mean the Salinas Valley. I think this question is asking where you have been that resembles the warm tranquil setting. I do not know where you have been.