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The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck follows a fictional family of tenant farmers during the Great Depression, the Joads, who are evicted from their Oklahoma land and forced to migrate west. Steinbeck’s powerful defense of the working poor as well as his indictment of the socio-economic system of 1930s America made the novel was highly controversial upon its 1939 release– many considered it communist or socialist propaganda. Despite that, Eleanor Roosevelt promoted the novel, and her support…

John Steinbeck was born in Salinas, California in 1902. He spent most of his life in Monterey County, which is the setting for much of his fiction. He attended Stanford University intermittently between 1920 and 1926. Steinbeck did not graduate from Stanford, but instead chose to support himself by doing manual labor while writing in his spare time. His experiences among the working class of California lends authenticity to his depiction of the lives of laborers, who are the central characters…

Character Transformation Throughout The Grapes of Wrath, Steinbeck uses the transformation of characters to further an important theme of the novel. One theme that ran through the novel was unity. In the course of the story, “I” turns into “we.” This theme was brought out by many characters, including Tom Joad. Steinbeck uses Tom’s growth to bring out the important theme of unity. Tom Joad was one of the many characters that changed in the novel. In the beginning, Tom was traveling back home…

“Grapes of Wrath” vs “Civil Disobedience” Opinions about government and the role government has in the lives of the country's citizens has always differed in the eyes of the public. Many of these opinion holders have expressed their thoughts and ideas in novels and articles such as “The Grapes of Wrath” by John Steinbeck and “On The Duty of Civil Disobedience” by Henry David Thoreau. Steinbeck and Thoreau have some similar beliefs about the government when it comes to following laws, however…

Could the problems in a capitalist society be resolved through socialism? The socialist worldview believes in the distribution of wealth, property, and resources according to the desires of the people as a whole. In the novel The Grapes of Wrath, the author John Steinbeck delves into what he believes are the advantages of a socialist society and writes his own thoughts about the problems with capitalism. Steinbeck builds his case for socialism and attacks capitalism through portraying the…

and Composition Mrs. Smith August 18, 2016 The Grapes of Wrath Comparison Ethics vs Laws "I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other"(Harriet Tubman). Harriet Tubman was known for breaking the law for all the right reasons, simply to save the lives of the innocent. In the novels The Adventures of Huck Finn written by Mark Twain, and The Grapes of Wrath written by John Steinbeck, the main…

Many different people have different viewpoints on their government. An excerpt of “Civil Disobedience” shows Henry David Thoreau’s ideal government, and how his current government went against the ideals he believed in. In Chapter Seventeen of “The Grapes of Wrath”, John Steinbeck explains how the camps of the migrant families create a union and a government, even for one night. The two governments illustrated in these works have some of the same fundamentals, but differ in how they operate and…

The film ‘What’s Eating Gilbert Grape’ features Gilbert Grape and his struggles to be responsible for his family’s well-being after his father hung himself in the basement. His father’s suicide had made his mother, Bonnie, become depressed and morbidly obese that she had not left the house in years. Gilbert has to take care of his seventeen year old mentally challenged brother, Arnie, who seems to have a knack of making troubles and causing scenes in town. This heartbreaking film exemplifies a…

happy of where they are now their emotion wouldn’t change even if it is a poor decision for their own well-being. It is a person’s choice whether they would like to pursue their personal well-being or not. Mama, in the story of What’s Eating Gilbert Grape by Lasse Hallström displays an example of pursuing her own well-being. With many struggles Mama’s pursuit, her personal well-being decreases and leads to her being depressed. It is only once a person meets with a significant challenge, that…

hand, are expected to obediently listen to their husbands and nurture children and cook for the family. These roles, however definite in the 1900s, shift between genders as circumstances grow demanding and difficult in John Steinbeck’s novel, The Grapes of Wrath, following the Joad family’s arduous journey to California during the Great Depression. As the Joads elude the dry devastation in Oklahoma, an apparent displacement of authority in the family arises, revealing the ideal adaptive and…