Throughout the novel written by John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath, social injustice is illuminated. The human person is programmed at birth with certain necessities. The material programmed into the bodies of humans consist of rights and responsibilities. Catholic teachings teach us to be kind to others even when it is nearly impossible. The quote “treat others as you want to be treated” is a core value in the Catholic religion. Steinbeck revolves his whole book on these main points. When going through ups and downs, anger results. People get frustrated and make wrong decisions because anger has now taken over. The whole book represents life lessons and the ability to overcome problems. As the story unfolds, the audience recognizes how people
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Unlike other tragic events in history, the Great Depression literally tore apart families and took their faith away from them. In The Grapes of Wrath, the Joad family is forced to leave their home and burn the rest of their belongings. They had to take as little belongings as possible because they would not be able to take everything with them. The hard part is everything left behind had to be burned. When with family for a long time, fighting evolves. In the midst of the move, the family grows tense feelings towards each other. Family members start doing their own things, and only looking for their own interests and what is best for themselves. Stenback describes the tension, “Use ' ta be the family was fust. It ain 't so now. It 's anybody" (Steinbeck 444 ). Ma Joad speaks these words in response of how the family was close before they started moving west, but after it seems as if no one is truly alive and themselves, everyone is changing. Noah does not even want to go with the family anymore, and Connie and Rose of Sharon have their own life plans after they are settled, everyone is looking out for themselves at this point. Ma tries to keep the family from falling apart and does her best to be in everyplace at one time. She says, “We don’ want you to go’way from us… It ain’t good for folks to break up” (Stenbeck 166), another response to how Ma does everything in her power to stay humble and keep the family …show more content…
Steinbeck writes a perfectly good explanation of what human society is. Getting hit hard with obstacles, dealing with it and learning from it. Every single person in this world goes through tough times. The author illustrates the tough times during The Great Depression in more depth. He chooses a character to carry out his theme. Ma Joad is that character. She is a hardworking mother that does not give up on family whatsoever. Through the hard times, she takes responsibility for everything. Her main focus is keeping the family a family. Her morals are strict, family close and doing the right thing. The whole novel teaches a lesson. When going through hard times, family is everything, they are the ones who will stick up for you no matter what and it is important to stay together. John Steinbeck does a well job describing the common core of social injustice to do what is right and to not let the society take away faith and what is most important in this harsh world
Unlike other tragic events in history, the Great Depression literally tore apart families and took their faith away from them. In The Grapes of Wrath, the Joad family is forced to leave their home and burn the rest of their belongings. They had to take as little belongings as possible because they would not be able to take everything with them. The hard part is everything left behind had to be burned. When with family for a long time, fighting evolves. In the midst of the move, the family grows tense feelings towards each other. Family members start doing their own things, and only looking for their own interests and what is best for themselves. Stenback describes the tension, “Use ' ta be the family was fust. It ain 't so now. It 's anybody" (Steinbeck 444 ). Ma Joad speaks these words in response of how the family was close before they started moving west, but after it seems as if no one is truly alive and themselves, everyone is changing. Noah does not even want to go with the family anymore, and Connie and Rose of Sharon have their own life plans after they are settled, everyone is looking out for themselves at this point. Ma tries to keep the family from falling apart and does her best to be in everyplace at one time. She says, “We don’ want you to go’way from us… It ain’t good for folks to break up” (Stenbeck 166), another response to how Ma does everything in her power to stay humble and keep the family …show more content…
Steinbeck writes a perfectly good explanation of what human society is. Getting hit hard with obstacles, dealing with it and learning from it. Every single person in this world goes through tough times. The author illustrates the tough times during The Great Depression in more depth. He chooses a character to carry out his theme. Ma Joad is that character. She is a hardworking mother that does not give up on family whatsoever. Through the hard times, she takes responsibility for everything. Her main focus is keeping the family a family. Her morals are strict, family close and doing the right thing. The whole novel teaches a lesson. When going through hard times, family is everything, they are the ones who will stick up for you no matter what and it is important to stay together. John Steinbeck does a well job describing the common core of social injustice to do what is right and to not let the society take away faith and what is most important in this harsh world