We should have self-respect in order to make someone else respect us. But for migrants it was hard because of the situations that they were living would get to the extreme that they stopped caring if they insulted them or let them do what they like with them. They didn’t have the strength to fight no more. Steinbeck, Guthrie, and Murrow address the concept of dignity, they all express the way they experienced it and also it helps us understand the real meaning and importance of dignity in the misfortune of the migrants and poor workers. Also, it helps us see the difference that would have made if dignity was still part of their lives. Each of these individuals had a type of experience with dignity they either lived it themselves or saw the ones that lived …show more content…
In his book one of his big points or message to us readers is how these poor migrants lost their dignity little by little. He starts buy saying how some still haven’t lost the dignity yet, but then as the book keeps going each stories is different and dignity goes downhill for the simple reason that they had lost everything even their kids. Nothing gave them soul to keep going and find things that motivated them. One thing that Steinbeck talks about is how bosses take advantage of the workers, because having a lot of workers helped them reduce the pay just because some will accept less than others. But where do migrants or workers leave their dignity at? Something that they could’ve done was make a strike and agree to not work for the rancher till he gives a reasonable price. “We regard this dignity, then as one of the most regrettable results of the migrants life, since it does reduce his responsibility and does make him a sullen outcast who will strike at our government in any way that occurs to him” (Steinbeck 39). However I do understand that it was hard for them because they needed the money desperately, to feed all their children and pay