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John Steinbeck’s protagonist Tom Joad acts as a prime example of a flawed and naturally human character in The Grapes of Wrath. Throughout the novel, Tom faces massive character growth as he sheds his “carpe diem” lifestyle and takes on a concern for humanity. This change displays the growth in Tom’s leadership abilities and his ability to nurture the strength of his family. Tom’s actions and reactions throughout the course of the novel build off of one another, as he undergoes both a physical…

Mrs. Thomas-5 DC English October 23, 2015 The Grapes of Wrath: Through the Lens of Feminism Since the beginning of civilization women have lived their lives subjecting to males. They have been excluded, oppressed, and discriminated against. This patriarchy imposes women the tasks of satisfying their family, being housewives, and not participating in any decision-making due to the belief that women lack intelligence. During the 1930’s Dust Bowl, this patriarchal ideology was slightly…

Expressing the philosophical idea of transcendentalism throughout his novel The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck evokes a clear political statement; undying cooperation of the migrant workers can put an end to social injustice. Through the portrayal of the plight of countless dispossessed farmers, Steinbeck speaks for the voiceless by promoting social awareness and accentuating the theme of working together to achieve a common good. In hopes of an intervention within the social structure as the…

of the farmers as they try to support their families in unfertile land. The anger these men must have felt as they watched their crops wither and die repeatedly, therefore losing any source of income their family could have made. Even the title The Grapes of Wrath implies the author’s own wrath at the situations of both the farmers and the environment. The farmers depend on the land for survival; unlike others they truly understand the importance of the environment for the livelihood. However,…

economic security. However, with America’s metamorphosis into an industrial powerhouse and the decline of “old-fashioned” work came the vanishing of this opportunity: the famous dream was no longer accessible or realistic. In John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, the Joad family endures countless trials and tribulations in their search for hard work, only to have the promised “dream” fail them when they reach California. In the 1930s, hard work appeared irrelevant to the achievement of success.…

To human beings, control is the one thing they will never have, but will always desire. Control plays a prominent theme in Chapter Five of “The Grapes of Wrath”, written by John Steinbeck. This novel paints a picture of life during the time of the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression, illuminating on the struggles and perseverance of the migrants families in the Southwest. In Chapter Five, the readers learn about how the families were told they were being forced to leave by “the monster” and how…

years in American history, arguably some of the worst. Efforts made to improve rights for women in the 1920’s were abandoned with the onslaught of hardship brought by the depression. Steinbeck challenges traditional gender roles in his novel, The Grapes of Wrath, by portraying male characters as impulsive or weak while introducing Ma Joad as the clear-headed matriarch who holds the family together. In the beginning of the novel, Ma is a silent supporter of the men of the family, as the novel…

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck is a very well-known novel due to it being an American classic, but also because the realism of the story about how migrate families were treated during the Dust Bowl of the 1930 's is one of the most shameful eras of American history, but has shown how much the US has evolved since then. The Joad family is just one story of a thousand migrate families in search of work, land, and food. The Joad family headed form east to west and encountered many dilemmas…

John Steinbeck's, The Grapes of Wrath, is a novel about a migrant family's journey through the dust bowl in the 1930’s. Steinbeck writes particularly about the Joad family, a family that was kicked off of their farm by the rich land owners because of the dust bowl. The dust bowl made the land dry and unfarmable, forcing the Joad’s as well as many others to move east for work. Forces that are beyond people's control can forever change their lives, especially when they are held accountable for…

Many have heard the century old saying, “behind every great man is a great woman” at least a thousand times in their lifetime. That may be a bit of an exaggeration, but the phrase is used commonly to showcase the contribution women have made alongside men. However, women have been able to show otherwise their accomplishments and do so without having to hide behind the shadow of a man. Through endless criticisms from men on how to live their lives, women have persevered through it all. Today more…