Lutheran, Catholic, Baptist, Methodist, Wesleyan. All churches based on Christianity, but slightly different interpretations of the Bible. The uniqueness of people to have no repeated DNA strands, no same fingerprints, and no like thoughts links to the formation of these different denominations and allows for the reading of literature to influence. John Steinbeck’s novel The Grapes of Wrath depicts yet another interpretation of the Bible for readers to see lived out in the setting of The Great Depression.
The biblical leader of the Israelites, Moses, showed a strong connection to Rose of Sharon’s dead baby. In the Bible, Moses was in charge of leading the Israelites to the promise land. Throughout the novel, the Joad …show more content…
Every person will take away something different from this novel. It may provide them with encouragement of good times to come like Rose of Sharon’s baby. It put them in search for their new identity like Rose of Sharon. It may cause them to question of their faith in way that reveals a bigger purpose like Jim Casy. The diversity of the human race to be influenced by John Steninbeck’s novel The Grapes of Wrath enhances society and creates community amongst the nation. Every Sunday, followers of Christ will gather in a church of a denomination similar to their interpretations of the Bible, but on judgement day the followers will all gather as one in the kingdom of …show more content…
Even though I was familiar with the Bible stories, I didn’t know their location in the Bible, and I had to make sure the information of my knowledge was accurate. From reading all the AP exam sample essays, I decided to set-up this essay very different from my other essays because I wanted it to have good evidence and just a short introduction for guidance. Taking feedback from my music essay, I added in several vocabulary words to improve my word choice. In this essay, my sentence structures contained lots of prepositional phrases to clarify the time period in the Bible and the chronological order of the book. Overall, I think that this essay shows how reading The Grapes of Wrath influenced my life, and I hope that I will take away the same amount of drive that this book gave me from every book I read in the