Dust Bowl

Within the novels The Day of the Locust and The Grapes of Wrath, both authors create meaning through the use of symbols, metaphor and allegory. Both novels, The Day of the Locust by Nathanael West and The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, were published in 1939, a year of high tension both within America and the world on a whole. Nazism seemed ready to sweep through Europe, Communist Russia looked an unlikely ally and, within its own boarders, America was still recovering from both the…

John Steinbeck was born in 1920s in Salinas California; a region that became the setting for much of his fictions, including in ‘Of Mice and Men’. During the late 1930s, California was struggling with economic problems of the great depression. He witnessed the strife of the labour conflicts in the docks and packing shed and field. Steinbeck explored these issues and wrote movingly about the loneliness of migrant farm workers in ‘Of Mice and Men’. In this essay, I would be discussing how…

“I Remember the Thirties” The author says the decade had "a beginning, middle and end." His essay also has this structure. Briefly describe these three sections in Steinbeck's essay. In the first section, or the beginning, of the essay, the author discussed the way of life of a person in the lower class. He says that people of the lower class do not have a much different way of life than people of the upper-class. The author tells how all people greatly suffered during the Great Depression. In…

In reference to Chapter 1, The Grape of Wrath by John Steinbeck I can feel and visualize the situation of the famers and their families. Their suffering and struggle living in a place full of dust. In the article John Steinbeck stated that "Men and women huddled in their houses, and they tied handkerchiefs over their nose when they went out and wore goggles to protect their eyes", in his quote it describe how difficult it was living in dry and dusty place were the only protection people can use…

The American Dream is just a fantasy of many people. The “Cinderella Man” and “The Grapes of Wrath” have a very similar story. They both tell us that the American Dream is just a fantasy. The issue with the American Dream is a lot people come to this country thinking they will get an opportunity to be successful but that’s not the truth. The American Dream just makes people think that way but in reality it’s just a fantasy. Going from Rags-to-Riches in this country is very difficult. Studies…

Did you know that John Steinbeck is a Nobel Prize winner? The book Of Mice and Men was based on a well-known poem called “To a Mouse” by Robert Burns. The book Of Mice and Men is about two migrant workers named George and Lennie who have a dream to own a ranch one day. How does Steinbeck use foreshadowing in his book? Foreshadowing is shown in Steinbeck’s book through these four things. He relates his book to the poem “To a Mouse”, explaining Lennie’s obsession with soft things, the idea of the…

character in this novella feels isolated at some time, and he uses these feeling to shape the feelings of each character. In the 1930’s, migrant workers were commonly found moving to farms across the country in search of jobs. Black people were left in dust because of their skin color; women were considered property just because they were female; and older people were commonly given the jobs that the other workers did not want. Consequently, the theme of loneliness is revealed in the novella…

Research Paper The Battle of The Chavez Ravine A small farming community trying to survive in the rapidly expanding and changing City of Los Angeles California, only to be met with false promises from the city leading to their houses being turned into dust. The story of these families who lived in The Chavez Ravine is one filled with political mistrust and ethical dilemmas. The takeover of The Chavez Ravine led to the eminent domain of approximately 2,000 families homes, where some families…

The Fight for Life “There was no hurry, for there was nowhere to go, nothing to buy and no money to buy it with, nothing to see outside the boundaries of Maycomb County.”(Lee 6 PDF) This quote stated by Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird shows the reader what it was like to live in a small town during the Great Depression, explaining how little they could do with the money they had. Maycomb was an example of what the United States was going through during the Great Depression. The effects of the…

Of Mice and Men was written by John Steinbeck in 1937. John Steinbeck writes mostly about migrant farm workers. All of his books are placed in Salinas River Valley in California. Of Mice and Men is about two men trying to reach their American Dream, but don't succeed. In this novella, Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck uses sexism with Curley’s wife, racism towards Crooks, and ableism in Lennie to prove that prejudice exists in America. First, John Steinbeck uses sexism in Curley’s wife to prove…