Stereotypes In 'Grapes Of Wrath'

Fulfilling another common stereotype that women are manipulative in relationships, Amy’s scheme has been flawlessly executed to thwart any hope that Nick has to escape. When he threatens to leave her, she tells him about the vomit she has saved in case she needs to accuse him of attempted murder. When he finds the vomit and throws it out, she drives to the fertility clinic and impregnates herself using his frozen semen to guarantee that he will have no way out if he wants to protect his unborn child. Every time Nick presumably discovers a viable escape, he is smacked with the realization that Amy has locked him down so tightly that he has no choice but to let her control his every move. In addition to Nick, Amy has been constantly manipulating
After he shelters her in his secluded lake house, Amy decides that Desi is creepy, manipulates him into having sex with her, and then kills him in his sleep so that she can escape to continue her never-ending game of controlling Nick. When Desi’s mom Jacqueline is interviewed by a reporter, she makes the claim, “‘That nasty, soulless girl manipulated my son his entire life-- write that down-- she manipulated and lied and finally murdered him, and now, even after he’s dead, she’s still using him’” (Flynn 383). There is a large amount of truth behind Jacqueline’s claim because after killing Desi, Amy invents a story to explain her missing disappearance in which Desi is the bad guy and Amy is the harmless victim. She has become so accustomed to controlling the men in her life, that it has become an irrevocable part of her
The novel Indian Killer by Sherman Alexie demonstrates the dangerous effect that racist assumptions can have on the lives of those involved. When a white man is murdered and scalped, the Indians in Seattle are all compartmentalized as being vicious killers who need to be stopped. This provokes the unwarranted assault of several innocent Indians. In addition to this, numerous Indians make the claim that all white men are too powerful and cruel. Because of this, a few white men are either murdered or assaulted. On the other hand, the novel Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn reveals that sometimes the stereotypes that are given can end up holding some element of truth. The characters of Amy and Nick both portray common sexist stereotypes of women and men: the notion that all women are crazy and seek to manipulate people, and the claim that all men are liars and cheaters who should not be trusted. Both of these books show that various assumptions based on race or sex exist in today’s society. However, when using one’s basic human instinct to judge, he or she should take these stereotypes into consideration but not expect what is true for one to be true for