Power of Unity in “The Grapes of Wrath”
Throughout history, people have fought countless revolutions as a group because they all know that alone, they cannot hope to accomplish anything but if united, they can do anything even topple a government like in the French Revolution. In this essay, I will argue that John Steinbeck’s novel “The Grapes of Wrath”, champions the type of peoples who help each other out as a community in hard times rather than those who help only themselves. The novel achieves this due to the main themes of the novel such as unity, and friendship while also using strong imagery to highlight the different environments such as comparing people’s living conditions in their respective communities, and finally, the shift of …show more content…
One community which is unorganized, while the other is organized. For example, the first community in Hooverville is described as follows, “There was no order in the camp; little gray tents shacks cars were scattered at random.” (p. 241) The imagery helps the readers see the miserable condition these migrants are living in. Additionally, these migrant workers are also being intimidated by the deputies daily due to them coming from far away or asking too many questions concerning wages. Consequently, another major issue with the Hooverville Camp is that no one is in charge and everyone is in it for themselves. On the other hand, the Weedpatch Camp is the opposite of Hooverville. As illustrated in the following, “He saw that the rows were straight and that there was no litter about the tents.” (288) the passage indicates that the camp is organized and has somewhat good living condition thanks to them having a “Central Committee” that keeps order. I think the author is trying to display that when people working behind a common leader can basically accomplish anything unlike in Hooverville. Author also writes about people in the Weedpatch Camp share stuff such as food and help each other out find jobs. In summary, the sharp contrast between the two camps is used by the author to put the idea across that providing support to others is beneficial to everyone
Throughout history, people have fought countless revolutions as a group because they all know that alone, they cannot hope to accomplish anything but if united, they can do anything even topple a government like in the French Revolution. In this essay, I will argue that John Steinbeck’s novel “The Grapes of Wrath”, champions the type of peoples who help each other out as a community in hard times rather than those who help only themselves. The novel achieves this due to the main themes of the novel such as unity, and friendship while also using strong imagery to highlight the different environments such as comparing people’s living conditions in their respective communities, and finally, the shift of …show more content…
One community which is unorganized, while the other is organized. For example, the first community in Hooverville is described as follows, “There was no order in the camp; little gray tents shacks cars were scattered at random.” (p. 241) The imagery helps the readers see the miserable condition these migrants are living in. Additionally, these migrant workers are also being intimidated by the deputies daily due to them coming from far away or asking too many questions concerning wages. Consequently, another major issue with the Hooverville Camp is that no one is in charge and everyone is in it for themselves. On the other hand, the Weedpatch Camp is the opposite of Hooverville. As illustrated in the following, “He saw that the rows were straight and that there was no litter about the tents.” (288) the passage indicates that the camp is organized and has somewhat good living condition thanks to them having a “Central Committee” that keeps order. I think the author is trying to display that when people working behind a common leader can basically accomplish anything unlike in Hooverville. Author also writes about people in the Weedpatch Camp share stuff such as food and help each other out find jobs. In summary, the sharp contrast between the two camps is used by the author to put the idea across that providing support to others is beneficial to everyone