Argument: The American dream is something that George and Lennie want in their lives. Claim: Each of their "dreams" consists of owning a farm

Argument: This article is about the second book I am reading. In this abstract it talks about religion. Sometimes religion can be controlling. Control is what I am writing about for my paper. Claims: Control can be found in many aspects of life. I would research different religions and find controlling things about them. Evidence: "The Grapes of Wrath has been read typically as a period of social activism". "...emerging from a self-satisfied and legalistic moralism into a new ethos of universal love in pattern of Christ".