Anger In John Steinbeck's The Grapes Of Wrath

The mild people of California find in the Okies what they have yet to experience - fear and desperation. Sensing the extent to which the migrants are willing to work, the locals begin to fear for their own jobs, and most importantly, for their own property. In fearful defense, they attack the Okies as marauders who mean to destroy both populations through their desperation. This fear transforms into hostility, which reveals itself in the story through the deputies and managers who abuse and assault the Joads, as well as other migrant families in the workers'

“At the heart of every immigrant’s experience is a dream- a vision of hope that is embodied in his or her destination” (Gladstein 685). In the novel, The Grapes of Wrath the migrants imagined the absolute aspects of living care free to the west. However, everything changed once they traveled to the west, realizing the simple concept turned into hazardous problems. John Steinback emphasized the American dream of economic stability and truculent situations towards the Joads family's point of view. Throughout the immigration, the Joads family goes through constant and unpredictable changes in employment, and their eventual failure to find success in California. The novel has been called by critics "a celebration of the human spirit", in several ways it is true due to the aspects of human nature. Despite the hazardous actions people can do, it is important to realize everything around us.

The abuse of power in order to make a profit is a prominent theme today in current events and throughout the novel The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. Today, people in positions of power use that power to take advantage of their workers and customers in order to benefit themselves. In The Grapes of Wrath, most of the Joads’ problems stem from people using the power they have to deceive them. Economic abuse of power is not only prevalent today, but is also prevalent in The Grapes of Wrath as shown through the bank owners, salesmen, brokers, and the landowners.

Throughout American history, one thing remains constant: United States citizens discriminating against each other. In the 1930s, the rich California landowners acted as though they were racially superior to the incoming migrant workers, or as they were called, “Okies”. Today, we see the same type of behavior coming from our police officers. Shootings of black citizens by white police officers has become a major issue in our nation, and it has gone so far that NFL players kneel for the national anthem before games to draw attention to the issue and that violence has broken out in cities like Charlottesville, Virginia. President Trump has been forced to comment on the issue, which has only lead to more controversy, as he stated that he believes

In The Grapes of Wrath, the Joad family experiences many hardships on the journey to and in California, ranging from dying family members to a lack of sufficient food. In the third chapter of the novel, author John Steinbeck introduces a determined turtle who attempts to make its journey across a highway. The turtle is apparently nearly run over multiple times, and is actually hit by a car. This causes the turtle to be flipped on its shell, until it catches its footing and “little by little the shell [pulls] over and [is] flopped upright”(16). The turtle then continues its journey and successfully crosses the highway. Although this chapter may have seemed out of place, as the turtle seems to have nothing to do with the novel, Steinbeck’s use of symbolism is apparent. The turtle itself is supposed to symbolize the Joad family and the struggles they face trying to find a better life. Like the turtle, the family is knocked down many times, and like the turtle the family is still able to find its footing and stay determined. The Joad family’s goal is to make a living in California, and although they will face many challenges, they still have their eyes set on crossing their own personal and hazardous turtle highway.

The Grapes of Wrath stirs up a lot of different emotions that makes you feel connected to the book in a way. Even though you are still able to feel these emotions, it is hard to relate to in 2017. The Grapes of Wrath to me gave me a sense of hatred towards the California Nativists and sympathy towards the poor people just looking to survive. The belief is that in America you can do what you want within reason, but when it comes to looking for work and moving west it seems those basic rights are put to the side. "That's what you think! Ever hear of the border patrol on the California line? Police from Los Angeles – stopped you bastards, turned you back. Says, if you can't buy no real estate we don't want you. Says, got a driver's license? Le's see it. Tore it up. Says you can't come in without no driver's license," (Ch,12.Para,17). In these times, there is border patrol stopping you from going from one state to another,

The premise of the popular novel by John Steinbeck The Grapes of Wrath has to do with the Great Depression, and, more specifically has to do with westward migration. The Joad family is looking for a better life by moving to California from their reclaimed farm in Oklahoma. However, they were not alone. Many families were moving out west in hope of opportunities that were not there. There is a lot of irony involved in this story such as the concept of the promised land, Casey’s death, and Grandpa’s death and the events following. In Steinbeck’s popular novel, The Grapes of Wrath, there is much irony involved in the characters, setting, and events.

“Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at dawn, and it comes like the stealthy perfume of wildflowers hidden in the grass” (Steinbeck). Throughout Steinbeck’s novel, The Grapes of Wrath, the characters all change and grow in their own way. The character I saw with the greatest change from beginning to end was Jim Casy. In the beginning Casy was a loner, living in isolation all by himself; as the novel continues, he becomes the voice of the people and the motivational spirit that the Joad family needs.

Steinbeck wanted people to understand how the Great Depression affected those in the past so he used strong language to convey his point. “Those families which had lived on a little piece of land, who had lived and died on forty acres, had eaten or starved on the produce of forty acres,” is a super strong statement. It hits the readers with the reality that families were being destroyed by poverty, debt, lack of food, and the tough conditions during this time. He holds nothing back giving the readers something to think about. Further down the story he hits them with the idea again using parallelism to hammer the serious into the reader's mind. He then explains how people had to travel the country with no home, no prospects, and were not

What happens to the wages and prices with the supply of worker increasing in California?

In the beginning man was created by God. Man was to remain equal and to love each other. As many centuries passed everything changed, equality was no longer the plan, but it was now a hope that one day it would come for all mankind. By the early 1900’s America was a striving country, where dreams were made and goals were reached. Soon basic necessities turned into greed and greed turned into destruction. By the 1930’s the dust bowl hit, and with it the Great Depression. Families lost homes, food, and money, but most importantly their jobs. What has this country come to?

The author I chose was John Steinbeck. He is important be he served as a war correspondent during World War II, and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962. When he wrote “The Grapes of Wrath”, it was about the migration of a family from the Oklahoma Dust Bowl to California. After he finished writing, he won Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award. The book “The Grape of Wrath”, dealt with social and economic issues. At the age of 14, Steinbeck became a writer. He would lock himself in his bedroom and write either poems and or stories. He then enrolled himself in Stanford University, he did this so he could please his parents. During his time at school, he wrote his first novel, “Cup of Gold”. After this he met and married his wife.

Born on the 27th of February 1902, John Steinbeck was, arguably, one of the most influential American authors of the 20th century. Writing a total of twenty-seven books, one of which earned him the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1940. In 1962, he also won the Nobel Prize for Literature for his “realistic and imaginative writing, combining as it does sympathetic humor and keen social perception.” Some of his most notable works include Tortilla Flat (1935), Of Mice and Men (1937), and the aforementioned Pulitzer Prize-winning The Grapes of Wrath (1939). One of his final works, The Moon Is Down, earned him the King Haakon VII Freedom Cross - an extremely prestigious Norwegian Army Medal - for his literary contributions to the Norwegian resistance

he Grapes of Wrath was both written and based during the Great Depression, also known as the 1930s. The stock market crashed on October 29, 1929 during the Presidency of Herbert Hoover. This crash was caused by the uneven distribution between wealth and consumption. Life was hard and very unstable for Americans during the Great Depression. Unemployment rates were constantly increasing and families were often left with no money, which made leisure activities harder to come by. People were constantly trying to find cheap entertainment that would get their minds off of the economic and social depression that surrounded their lives. They found this source of entertainment through the radio but other than that the United States was completely overcome

The Grapes of Wrath: Hatred and Detestation between Classes of Individuals The Grapes of Wrath, written by John Steinbeck, essentially underlines and exemplifies the struggles felt by many during the 1930’s, and more specifically, the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. As a direct result of the struggles, particularly experienced by the land inhabitants, there is a sense of hatred and deposition between the two central classes mentioned within the novel; the wealthy absentee land owners, and the displaced farmers habiting and treating to the land and crops upon the acreage. Due to the unbearable circumstances, tempers most definitely flared between the two separate classes and Steinbeck’s observations were clear, and his condemnation of those