The novel‚ The Grapes of Wrath‚ by John Steinbeck was published in 1939 and seemingly took place in the time during the great depression. After reading the book‚ I can think that the main point of the novel would be to show the impact of a community. In the novel‚ we see all of the hardship the people go through; however‚ in the sections when the people of kin come together as one‚ it seems that things turn up. Without one‚ they seem at the mercy of the others around them. It just would seem that
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Ladies and Gentlemen‚ John Ford is the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award for the cinematic excellence that is clearly displayed in the cinematography of his movie adaptation of the novel The Grapes of Wrath written by John Steinbeck. In the “Tom‚ Floyd‚ and Casy” scene alone‚ Ford showcases his talents in the composition of various camera angles/shots. Some of the more significant shots include the “low angle/reaction” shot in which Casy makes a lower background appearance and the “medium
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archetype. The third is the young‚ the physical state while the fourth is the old witch possessing the spiritual side of the woman archetype. The four women in John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath represent these four archetypes and take on responsibilities that‚ in the end‚ help the family succeed in achieving their dreams. Ma Joad is a woman of strength and hope who is the backbone of the family. She represents the Mother Nature archetype because she possesses the physical aspect of guiding the
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The Grapes of Wrath is filled with many intercalary chapters that I feel benefit the novel in many different ways. These chapters help develop major themes throughout the novel; one being people’s harsh actions towards one another. In chapter seven‚ an intercalary chapter about an awful cars salesmen who rips off everyone‚ it justifies this theme very well. The salesman would sell beat up cars with missing parts to farmers who did not know any better. “Take out that yard battery before you make delievery”
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John Steinbeck carefully molded his story The Grapes of Wrath to encompass many themes and ideas. He included several Biblical allusions to enforce his message of the migrating families coming together to form a community. Steinbeck alludes to Biblical characters through Jim Casy and Rose of Sharon‚ events like the family’s journey to California and the flood at the end of the novel‚ and teachings throughout the novel. The Biblical allusions represented by the characters in the novel are
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every student that is out of time. That snail paced world they live in is now turning itself around and harming them. Their gate is now closing‚ leaving them with nothing but shattered dreams‚ and as they weep over said aspirations‚ they are unaware that God’s gate has been closed all this time. They feel his wrath that before was like a pesky fly hovering over the hot bowl of life. Now that sluggish fly has morphed into an omnipotent wasp‚ ready to sting them at any given moment with its infectious
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The Grapes of Wrath: Connections to the Great Depression The decaying state of the American economy and the onset of the Great Depression in the 1930s brought about the necessity for the United States to reconsider its attitudes and examine the long term effects of its policies concerning wide-scale socioeconomic problems that were constantly growing bigger. The Great Depression led to the creation of many new and innovative government policies and programs‚ along with revisions to older economic
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travel thinking that they will find gainful employment. However there is much to learn about the United States in its economic turmoil. During the depression‚ thousands of people looked for work‚ and were cheated every step of the way. The Grapes of Wrath‚ by John Steinbeck‚ is the story about a family living during the days of the depression and what they did to survive. Many families were hurt by the depression‚ so Steinbeck wrote of a typical family with detail that makes you understand the
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sympathy and desire to help others‚ people and animals alike‚ is one thing that separates us from common mammals and other creatures. Humanity’s fight of the goodness of man versus his greed for power and riches is the main topic of The Grapes of Wrath. Some well-off people will sit back and watch others starve before they’d lift a finger to help; some people who have nearly nothing would give everything just to help a stranger for no reason besides personal drive‚ but
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English 10 Honors The Grapes of Wrath: Summer Reading Questions Read the questions below before and during your reading of The Grapes of Wrath. Make sure that you understand the questions fully; please look up words as needed to make certain that you understand what the question is asking of you. There are 20 reading questions. You are required to answer 12. These 12 questions should be answered fully‚ using complete sentences and textual examples. Textual examples should be paraphrased
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