The Grapes of Wrath

According to John Steinbeck, the author of The Grapes of Wrath and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, “Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids.” People often choose to ignore what they know so that they can continue acting in a way that they know is bad idea. Despite the fact that they are aware of their malicious actions, they choose to ignore the truth of their situation in order to act in a way that is convenient or profitable for them. In…

necessity to ban novels that are a supposed "danger" to adolescents, resulting in the limiting of critical thinking. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck is a novel full of controversial topics such as violence, consequently causing the question to arise as to if this literary work should be read in the classroom. Although the novel contains frequent acts of violence, The Grapes of Wrath should be included in all high school curriculum because it promotes much needed awareness of violence.…

or known cause of people migrating is for a better life; people think that just by moving somewhere else all the problems will be solved, and that is a reason of why there is still a lot of migration in America and the world. In the book, The Grapes of Wrath, the Joad family needed to move from Oklahoma to California, and it was all because of the crisis they were living in. “The Great Depression”, one of the longest and most severe depressions that the United States has ever faced, it affected…

Where does Percy hide when he sees Justin coming towards him? Percy hides in a bush What is Justin asking Percy to do to have his attention? He asks him if he wants to get some ice cream What did the Denture Tribe woman ask to Percy? If he is playing hide and seek What does Percy think about Justin? He thinks that Justin is trying to look kind to him even if he is not at all Why was Percy’s dad always gone? He was always in vacation What is the only thing Percy has left from his…

One of the many major scens of the book is when Eli’s father flashes back and tells the story of how the compound was built and kept secret he first stated how the workers had to walk miles and miles to a buss station where they would be blindfolded and bussed to the compound. He said it would be hard to find due to everything looking the same. In another conversation Eli dosen’t want to listen to his dad when he thinks they should start cloning humans. He said his sister lexie was on board…

After seeing his ex-wife Julian for the first time in twenty years, a spark of hope seems to awaken inside of Theo. Something he thought he had forgotten for good, had once again awaken. By accepting to help his ex-wife, this behavior reveals to us that Theo lived longing for Julian’s love. In other words, all this time that Theo lived by himself he still longed for a reconciliation between him and his wife. In the movie Theo seems to have mixed feelings and he asks Julian, you seemed to be…

religious, or moral reasons is all specific to the book itself. Yet, these are the most common reasons as to why a book is banned because their pages discuss these topics in an abrasive way or stray away from public opinion (Book Banning). The Grapes of Wrath, a classic American novel published in 1939, was banned within the same year, specifically in places like Kern County California where the story hit a little too close to home. Since the book depicted a family’s struggles in California…

figure in the family. The men were seen as the ones who kept the family stable for they were the physically strong ones and the hard workers in the family. Nowadays, women are becoming the independent and self reliant figures in society. In The Grapes of Wrath written by John Steinbeck, Ma Joad, the motherly figure, holds a depictive role in the novel. In the beginning of the book, the male figures were the ones who kept the family together and were seen as the more dominant figures. Yet, as the…

stillborn child not too long before, breastfeeding the dying man, with a very distant smile. Despite the negative critiques, the ending that Steinbeck composed is thoughtfully written, yet can be interpreted in several ways. Still, in The Grapes of Wrath (Grapes), Steinbeck is able to brilliantly show through symbolism in the end of his book how the American Dream is failing the people, that the American people are finding a substitute for what their dreams should be, and the fact that they…

through one day of his sentence at a Stalinist work camp designed to physically and mentally test the prisoners. His hopefulness and camaraderie spirit with those in his bunk sustain him throughout his sentence and inspire readers. The novel Grapes of Wrath (1939) written by John Steinbeck is a moving tale of the Joad family fighting to survive the Great Depression. Through their journey we see moments of weakness even in the strongest of the group and…