The Grapes of Wrath

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 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…

well-defined morals. But in many cases, the morals of others inadvertently ignore those that are wronged and forgotten. Rather than being able to control their own lives, these victims are unwantedly forced into bad situations. In John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, the Joad family loses everything they have during the Dust Bowl and is forced to move west in an attempt to find a better life. Though Steinbeck puts the Joads into perspective as good people, the people in control make their lives…

John Mc Cormick Hist 31 TTH 11-12:30 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…

Of Mice and Men theme essay John Steinbeck has written many novels in his time. He wrote in the 1930s during the great depression. John Steinbeck was an American communist. An American communist is someone who lives in America that believes that everyone should share everything, and thinks that the United States should switch from democracy to communism. One of Steinbeck’s novellas is called Of Mice and Men. Of Mice and Men is about two men named Lennie and George. The story is based in the…

“And then she was still, for Lennie had broken her neck” (Steinbeck 91). The novella Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck takes place in the 1930’s during the Great Depression. During this time period, many men would travel looking for work and would end up working for a rich ranch owner. Most of this novella takes place at a ranch owned by a wealthy man in Soledad, California. At this ranch, Curley’s wife is a very present and ornate character; however, she is not at all respected. Two weeks prior…

Desiree’s Baby by Kate Chopin. In 1893, this short story was published as “The Father of Desiree’s Baby” in a magazine. Madame Valmonde and Monsieur adopted Desiree for the reason she was found abandoned when she was just a little girl. As she grew older, she found the love of her life, Armand as they had so much love for one another. They had a child, and as soon as they had the baby, the relationship turned out to be bitter and complicated. After a few months passed, Armand and Desiree…

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…

In the novella Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck writes about the unlikely pair of travelers, George Milton and Lennie Small. This novella takes place during the Great Depression on a ranch in California. The people that make up the ranch are migrant farm workers, who are poor, desperate, and low in society. Lennie Small and George Milton are two of these ranchers. George Milton becomes a tragic hero in the story. A tragic hero is a literary character who makes a judgment error that inevitably…