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The Joads sacrificing and persevering more than the rest of the migrants, the Joads have gone further than most migrants. Ma Joad is an important aspect of the whole Joad family. Showing grit and leadership, Ma Joad doesn’t give up when the family is in harsh times, pushing the Joads to their full potential. Her grit shows by the time Granma Joad passes. Obtaining her leadership, Ma Joad sticks up to the officer as he denounces her family as “Okies”. Ma Joad shows her grit and bravery when…

Jo Lalande is a young shepherd who is enjoying his childhood; but when his father goes to fight in the war, Jo has to become the man of the house. After an incident with a bear, Jo meets a mysterious man in the forest. He follows the man to his home and learns his secret - he is a Jew named Benjamin who is waiting for his daughter Anya to come find him as they were split from each other and he is responsible for smuggling Jewish children to safety across the border into Spain, with the help of…

The Grapes of Wrath Reflection: In the Grapes of Wrath book, there are many things I have learned. Some of the thing I learned about the Grapes of Wrath book are how bad the great depression was over there, How hard was it to find a job back then, the poor quality of living back then, and how depressing life was in those years. What concerns me the most is how hard back then it was to find a job. The reason why I was concern about that was because they were just trying to have food in the…

The Brommer family was a divided family coming from Caldwell Idaho to a small town in Iowa because of John Brommer he was the father and he wanted a better job and there was a lot of job opportunities in Iowa. Mason was the son and his mother was Julie, Mason had a lil sister named Maddie Brommer they both are in the same grade and both are victims of bullying. Iowa seemed like the perfect place for them to be because it's not to big or small and the high school they were going to attend was…

The Grapes of Wrath is an American realist novel written by John Steinbeck and published in 1939. The book won the National Book Award A celebrated Hollywood film version, starring Henry Fonda and directed by John Ford, was made in 1940. Plot The narrative begins just after Tom Joad is paroled from McAlester prison for homicide. On his return to his home near Sallisaw, Oklahoma, Tom meets former preacher Jim Casy, whom he remembers from his childhood, and the two travel together. When they…

The Grapes of Wrath is a novel about the Joad family living in the Oklahoma Dust Bowl during the era of the Great Depression. They were driven off their land and decided to travel to California in search of jobs, land, and a better future. However, California was not what they expected it to be. Throughout the novel, there were many struggles for the Joads but Ma Joad was the most resilient and strongest character in the story. In the novel, the narrator describes Ma as the backbone of the…

They common cliche of two heads are better than one rings true in the book The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. The more people the better because humans are made to be part of a community. Humans support and help each other especially during hard times. Nothing bonds a group of people more than hitting rock bottom together. Through these situations of crisis, loss and common enemies, communities become one family, ultimately maintaining the humanity in each member, which keeps the family…

Pa Joad Early in The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, Pa Joad establishes a lead role as provider to the family. Pa is the farm owner and is given respect by all of the Joad family members. After leaving the farm however, Pa Joad begins to lose his role as head of the family as Tom and Ma Joad begin to take the leadership roles. Throughout the novel the reader can see how Pa slowly loses his importance and seems to become a burden with his short temper and passive behavior. As the Joad family…

Daisy Ramirez ELA Periods ⅞ Book Report December 16, 2015 I.Title: The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck Publication Date: April 14, 1939 Genre: realistic fiction, social commentary II. Setting: The setting of the story is during the Great Depression, 1929 at Oklahoma. During the Great Depression the Joad Family passed dry, rocky mountains, while sweat went down their face, then into their mouth, tasting like salt. Seeing handbills everywhere saying there 's jobs, but…

the persona of Jay Gatsby slowly filled in. By the time Cody died, the transformation of Jay Gatsby was complete and he was ready to begin his new adult life. Ma Joad from The Grapes of Wrath “seemed to know, to accept, to welcome her position, the citadel of the family, the strong place that could not be taken” (The Grapes of Wrath Steinbeck 74). Ma is the backbone of the Joad family and…