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GRAPES OF WRATH - 2011 « The Burning Platform - 3 views

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Grapes of Wrath

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  • “It has always seemed strange to me… the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second.” – John Steinbeck
  • By 1929, the richest 1% owned 40% of the nation’s wealth
  • The have-nots can dream about becoming a have, but the chances of achieving that dream today are miniscule. Steinbeck pointedly distinguishes between the selfishness of the moneyed class and the altruism of the working poor. In contrast to and in conflict with this policy of selfishness stands the migrants’ behavior toward one another. Aware that their livelihood and survival depend upon their devotion to the collective good, the migrants unite—sharing their dreams as well as their burdens—in order to survive. 
  • Evan G on 29 Sep 11
     
    An overall summary of the depression/GOW. It especially hits on the selifshness of the rich, who seek to keep the poor divided, as well as on the unity of the poor, who die and sacrifice for each other. It contains an EXCELLENT quote from Steinbeck which cynically describes human nature, basically saying that nice guys are admired, but they never get ahead. Greedy, mean guys are hated, but they are admired for their success.  Again, later  it ties into crushing the migrants' dreams in order to keep them down and divided.
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The Grapes of Wrath; John Steinbeck - 2 views

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  • , the Joad's journey to California was a trip in which the great expectations they had were the motor for their need to go on. Through the story, Steinbeck manifests his believe of “The body destroyed but the spirit not broken”, his hatred for corruption, and his faith in common people. This is clearly shown in how the Joad family fought together to overcome adversity. California was no “promised land” after all, only a dream that was broken by its cruel reality.
  • Evan G on 29 Sep 11
     
    This source is all about the optimism of the workers, and how the big corporations constantly tried to manipulate and/or stamp out the sparks of hope and dreams that the migrants had. They used the migrants' dreams against them
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SparkNotes: The Grapes of Wrath: Themes, Motifs & Symbols - 3 views

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Grapes of Wrath

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  • Steinbeck consistently and woefully points to the fact that the migrants’ great suffering is caused not by bad weather or mere misfortune but by their fellow human beings. Historical, social, and economic circumstances separate people into rich and poor, landowner and tenant, and the people in the dominant roles struggle viciously to preserve their positions.
  • In order to protect themselves from such danger, the landowners create a system in which the migrants are treated like animals, shuffled from one filthy roadside camp to the next, denied livable wages, and forced to turn against their brethren simply to survive.
  • ” In the face of adversity, the livelihood of the migrants depends upon their union. As Tom eventually realizes, “his” people are all people.
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  • . Simple self-interest motivates the landowners and businessmen to sustain a system that sinks thousands of families into poverty.
  • Evan G on 28 Sep 11
     
    Although Sparknotes is a very stereotypcial website on novels, it's still a very effective source of information. It makes blatantly clear the fact that the rich, aristocratic upper class is mainly responsible for the poverty and economic devastation in the country. The rich get richer at the cost of the destruction of the lower class. The workers are treated poorly in an effort to keep them desperate, which in turn keeps the rich people rich. Selfishness and greed, key themes in practically every novel read so far, is clarified and pointed out. The condition of the migrants is no accident, it's an intentional, deliberate plot to oppress them. Their only hope is through unity.
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Critical Analysis of "The Grapes of Wrath," by John Steinbeck - Inkweaver Rev... - 3 views

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  • . On arriving in “the Promised Land”, though, they find their dreams to be disappointingly unattainable. The advertisements about ample work for all are really just ploys by the land owners to get cheap labor by attracting more workers than there are jobs. Gradually the family’s condition goes downhill as different members of the traveling group leave
  • . Like the persistent turtle, the Joad family will not give up. In addition, neither the story of the turtle, nor the story of the Joad family may end happily, but both the turtle and the Joad family will survive despite attacks and difficulties.
  • Evan G on 28 Sep 11
     
    Discusses the author's motives behind the novel, as well as the strategies he uses to convey his points. It's a really good source that gives the background and reasons for the book. It mentions literary techniques used to write the story, analyzing the interchapters and discussing the diction and word choice used by Steinbeck. It has good analysis of multiple parts of Grapes of Wrath. This is a very useful source in part because not only does it discuss the novel, it also points out the reasons behind the writing of the novel.
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