When Lexi‚ is taken to live with her Aunt Eva she is taken back from the welcome and care Eva gives her‚ from quitting smoking for Lexi to the sporadic gestures‚ every minute Lexi is with her aunt she begins to feel like she is finally at home‚ a place where she belongs. Her aunt wants to give Lexi the future she wouldn’t have in a foster home‚ and welcomes her into her life. (Hannah 10) Jude‚ wary of Mia and Lexi’s friendship‚ gets to know Lexi better‚ when Jude hears about Lexi’s past‚ she is filled
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Evelyn De Arcos Mr. Webb English 11AP‚ AM 9/18/14 Novelist and American writer John Steinbeck‚ in the The Grapes of Wrath recounts the dustbowl of the late 1930’s in Oklahoma. The disastrous drought of the 1930’s forced farmers to migrate westward to California in search of the individual American dream. Steinbeck’s purpose is to convey the idea that‚ during this time whites were treated as if they were not white. He adopts a mournful and sympathetic tone demonstrating the way the “Okies” were rejected
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In the novel‚ The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck‚ the protagonist‚ Tom Joad‚ takes on challenges for himself‚ and for the greater good of all people‚ thereby‚ in essence‚ becoming a hero. Steinbeck‚ during the mid-1930s‚ witnessed people living in horrendous conditions of extreme poverty due to the Great Depression and the agricultural disaster known as the Dust Bowl. He noticed that these people received no aid whatsoever from neither the state of California nor the federal government. The rage
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as a manual laborer before deciding to become a writer. He received his higher education from Stanford University‚ but a short time later‚ dropped out. During his career‚ he wrote many other books including another one of his most popular‚ The Grapes of Wrath.
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English 11 4/17/2014 The Grapes of Wrath V.S. The Great Gatsby The Grapes of Wrath and the Great Gatsby depict the American society in the twentieth century from contrary perspectives. The Great Gatsby unveils the extravagance and apathy of the upper class based on Jay Gatsby’s tragedy. On the other side‚ the Grapes of Wrath reveals the poverty and humanity of the migrant farmers according to the experience of the Joads family. However‚ these two novels both interpret the theme of American Dream in
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After escaping Egypt and traveling for forty years‚ the Egyptians finally reached the promised land of Canaan. Once they got there‚ they soon realized that they needed to work much harder to find salvation than they had previously planned. Simply being in the promised land geographically was not enough. Their salvation was the ability to be self sufficient. The Joads left their barren land in the Midwest to the promised land of California. However‚ once the Joads arrived in California‚ they found
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This novel takes place during the great depression where a farmer named Jeeter Lester‚ his wife Ada‚ and two out of all of his children (Ellie May and dude) live in a beat up home on Tobacco Road. Their home had ran in Jeeters family for many generations where all who owned the place were farmers. Jeeter‚ however‚ falls to a very unfortunate lifestyle and becomes lazy and doubtful. He is incapable to grow and sell his crops for several years. When the bank stops by one day to collect rent‚ Jeeter
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<b>Text:</b> <br>"He held the apple box against his chest. And then he leaned over and set the box in the stream and steadied it with his hand. He said fiercely‚ "Go down an’ tell ’em. Go down in the street an’ rot an’ tell ’em that way....Maybe they’ll know then." He guided the box gently out into the current and let it go" (493). <br> <br>"I figgered‚ ’maybe it’s all men an’ all women we love; maybe that’s the Holy Sperit- the human sperit-the whole shebang. Maybe all men got one big soul ever’body’s
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In the beginning‚ the okies agreed to work for the proposed salaries without protesting. But as the latter would go more and more downward‚ the okies started to display their discontent and their intention to revolt. The owners who knew very well that hunger would necessarily lead to anger elaborated plans and strategies that would allow them to control the situation. First‚ they would send their agents and spies inside the camps to intimidate the okies and localize the so-called agitators. Much
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At the beginning of this play‚ Miller creates an atmosphere of “undisturbed normality”.It is set ‘in the outskirts of an American town’. The title implies the metaphorical concepts of the Keller family showing their family extends to ‘their’ community. Although‚ being middle with a working class background‚ there are not rich yet feel financially stable and especially after the apparent tragedy (world war two) the Keller family is surprisingly stable. In the stage directions of the first scene.
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