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Even as Sinclair describes the wedding feast in the opening chapter, he mixes images of gaiety and trays of piping-hot food with vignettes that chronicle the hardships of those forced to work as canners, picklers, beef boners, and general laborers. These workers' tales are tragic, yet the workers refuse to admit defeat. shows the hardship and resolve of workers in the Jungle

Although the site doesn't entirely agree with the views in FFN, it still offers some good statistics to back it up; discussing the injuries and hardships of the workers.

"will acquaint readers with Mary's parents, her own troubled childhood, the circle of people with whom she and her husband associated, and the hardships she experienced throughout her widowhood as a result of her liaison with Shelley and other Romantic writers"

This source takes a detailed look at Shelly's life. Her upbringing and other events both in her childhood and adulthood, suggest why she wrote with romantic values and help to understand her authorial purpose better.

"aulkner's use of multiple narrators underscores one of his primary themes: every character is essentially isolated from the others. Moreover, the characters in the novel do not communicate effectively with one another. Although the reader is privy to the characters' thoughts and emotional responses, none of the characters adequately express their dilemmas or desires to others."

Part of the satire Faulkner uses to describe the Bundreon family, is their lack of communication, typical in a family experiencing extreme hardship. They all have feelings that is shared with the reader while being kept from all members of the family, ironically while they spend immense amounts of time with each other on their journey.

This author discusses the "brutal realism" that Steinbeck uses to make his message to readers more effective. His writing is designed to emphasize the hardships of the migrant class.

This demonstrates other events that were happening during the late nineteenth century to early twentieth century- not only were migrant farmers from all over America coming to California, but immigrants from Japan, the Philippines, Mexico, and China provided still more competition for work.

This author describes the way Steinbeck sympathizes with the impoverished lower class. He portrays them in a way that idealizes them for their ability to combat the physical and emotional hardships imposed on them by the bankers. By favoring the migrant farmers, Steinbeck takes advantage of this emotional appeal to the readers and makes his exposé more convincing.

"Most camps and subdivisions were located close to towns or small cities and Okies encountered much discrimination and bigotry when dealing with local Californians" This speaks to the hardships that not only the Joads suffered from but that all the migrant workers had to deal with. They were good people that were for the large part hardworking, honest, and the backbone of the picking community. Though without these people many of the plantations would have failed they were not treated like the crucial aspect of the farms that they were, they were treated unethically and inhumanely.

Life goes on for the Migrant farmers, and this recration of a radio show shows just that. Even in the time of depression and hardship, the people could still turn to the comfort of music and the radio.

interview with a fed up chicago cook.

"Although the restaurant industry is one of the region's leading employers, it is dominated by low-wage, unhealthy and dangerous jobs" Due to the economic hardships many people are forced to work in this perpetual cycle of abuse, and forced to work in filthy conditions.

I think that this source is extremely interesting to our study of the strife of the laborer because it brings a first- hand report. Reviews of the novels we have read bring up interesting points, but until we hear about first hand accounts from people like this cook, we can't really speculate on what it is like to live a life like that.

"...documents the daily tribulations of retail, housecleaning, and restaurant workers: daily humiliation from management, the inability to take time off for illness without docking pay, recriminations for promoting unions, company health insurance that is still unaffordable, etc"

This quote comes from a personal blog but highlights important points about the hardships she endures while performing the various duties.

While this site is called feminist.org, it brings up an extremely pressing issue in society today, sexual harassment. Women may make up about half of the workforce and are not legally allowed to be discriminated against, but they still face hardships. The feeling of superiority that many men have over women leads to them sexually harass them in a number of cases that is ridiculous.