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This song, without directly mentioning the book, is greatly similar. Like Gatsby Dave Matthews is completely enthralled by another woman for he says "You are my obsession" . In addition the inflection in Matthews voice when singing "I Love you, Love you, love you, love you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you" is scary, it sounds as if he has a creepy obsession with some woman just as Gatsby feels about Daisy.

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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.

This is great, I was looking for a review like this when writing the first paper.

This page is interesting because it talks about the tactics that employers used to combat unions and strikes. They used a combination of black listing, espionage, strikebreaking, and company unions. Unions were the only threat to the industrial machine, and had to be dealt with. Profits were the only goal for employers, so even mistreatment of the laborers and their unions was common.

I found this article very interesting, it seems ridiculous by our standard what some of these companies. To these workers though it is just a part of life. It seems that they would do nothing short of poisoning or killing their employees if it resulted in them turning a profit!

Winther explains that the imagery used in Invisible Man describes the idea of societal imprisonment that IM experiences. For example, the iron chain that he carries around in his briefcase refers not only to the physical enslavement of the Black people but the emotional and mental restrictions but on them by society.

Talks about the corporate strategies to thrive and prosper. The CEOS just want money, so they force the suppliers to make more money. The suppliers have to live up to these standards, so they in turn squeeze the workers out, milking unnecessarily large profits where they could have shared with the worker and still done reasonable well.

Didn't realize that people already used this source.

The businesses behind farms that provide for fast food companies are under scrutiny for not treating their (mostly immigrant) workers with respect and fairness. They are also buying out smaller farms, and removing a whole class of people from the system.

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.

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.

goes into detail about the theme of invisibility and connects it to the real world. Relates the apocalyptic ending of the novel to the theme of invisibility, as well as discussing Ellison's literary influences

This whole site talks about awful treatment of the workers in packing industries. It's a lot like Fast Food Nation and the Jungle, because it gives both specific stories and overall points about the dangers that the workers face, and how little the companies care about such dangers.

This article is one that describes the depressing plight of Kenny Dobbins, a worker at the Monfort/ Con-Agra Beef Plant in Greeley, Colorado. A hard working and loyal worker, Dobbins suffered injuries, saved lives, and broke strikes during his years, only to be rewarded by getting fired after suffering a heart attack and seeking compensation. A recurring theme seen in Fast Food Nation and The Jungle was that profits are the only concern for businessmen, as the worker is indespensable and replaceable.

Talks about the Suvival of the fittest of companies, and how they must fight in order to survive and grow. Unfortunately, surviving and growing means devaluing and diminishing their workers, which "victimizes workers as the company speeds up the production line"

Gives a brief summary of all of Schlosser's complaints in FFN, while whining about the meat industries and their expansion, development, tactics, and industrialization. 

Article about why and how the environment produces so much violent crime.

Willie what are you talking about? It's an article about McDonald's aggression and how angry customers are clowning around and causing commotion! That doesn't mention Jurgis or Joads. It just talks about how the workers, ex-workers, and even customers of the fast food industry get incited to take aggressive action. It reminded me of the chapter of FFN where it spoke of how restaurants are robbed incredibly frequently; and said robberies even result in more deaths than police-related activities. Or something along those lines.

Hahahaha calm down ^ But this is good! It's funny that fast food restaurants are the place for so much crime when they were originally meant as a safe place for families.

A flyer that claims that McDonald's profits off the low-wage, back-breaking work of not only slaughterhouse workers but also impoverished farm workers. The flyer urges people to come to a rally at McDonald's corporate headquarters in support of farm workers.

This here shows the specfic isolation of Cash and Darl. Addie disowns them as she lumps them into the pre-Jewel children, and this isolation has different effects on both boys

"El-Hajj Malik is a source of pride for African-Americans, Muslims, and Americans in general. His message is simple and clear: I am not a racist in any form whatever. I don't believe in any form of racism. I don't believe in any form of discrimination or segregation. I believe in Islam. "

This article is a biography of Malcolm X written from an Islamic perspective. This article discussed the legacy of Malcolm X in terms of his contributions to the Islamic faith in America. Malcolm X's perception changes when he witnesses the orthodox Muslim pilgrimage where everyone was free from discrimination. Malcolm X comes to the realization that he is wrong to decree all whites evil and that there are decent white people along with the bad just like any other race.