Jake's Struggle In 'The Grapes Of Wrath'

Struggle for Survival in The Grapes of Wrath The 1930s were a time of hardship for many across the United States. Not only was the Great Depression making it difficult for families to eat every day, but the Dust Bowl swept through the plains states making it nearly impossible to farm the land in which they relied. John Steinbeck saw how the Dust Bowl affected farmers, primarily the tenant farmers, and journeyed to California after droves of families. These families were dispossessed from the farms they had worked for years, if not generations (Mills 388). Steinbeck was guided by Tom Collins, the real-life model for the Weedpatch camp’s manager Jim Rawley, through one of the federal migrant worker camps. He was able to see for himself,

To quote Ma Joad in the film The Grapes of Wrath, “I ain 't never gonna be scared no more. I was, though. For a while it looked as though we was beat. Good and beat. Looked like we didn 't have nobody in the whole wide world but enemies. Like nobody was friendly no more. Made me feel kinda bad and scared too, like we was lost and nobody cared....Rich fellas come up and they die, and their kids ain’t no good and they die out. But we keep a comin’, we’re the people that live. They can’t wipe us out; they can’t lick us. We’ll go on forever Pa, ‘cause we’re the people.” This statement captures the resilience of the American working class since the birth of the country. Ma 's speech can be read as a proclamation of necessary fictions to bolster the morale of the family. She is the uncomplaining maintainer of status quo in the home, the ultimate mother figure who not only attends to physical needs, but mental needs as well.

Robert was another friend that Ben had made while working for General Motors. Ben discussed how he and Robert had many things in common. For instance, Ben stated “His forefathers, like mine, had drifted into this moron dragnet lookin’ for steady work and a pocketful of beer change.” (Hamper pg. 53). This is important because, again Ben is showing that they have bonded over personal information rather than how well they do their jobs. Once again, this is away of showing that they respect each other’s individuality by sharing information about each other. When you share information about yourself to someone else you are telling them more about you as a person, not a worker. Ben also goes on to discuss different parts of Robert’s life. For example,

1) At the start of this chapter, Tom attends morning church along with all the other people in the village, including the judge, the mayor, and the Model Boy. The minister reads a hymn then prays a lengthy, detailed prayer, one which Tom was restless throughout, for he resented it, and he was tortured by a fly that was in front of him. As the minister continued to drone on about when a young child would lead a lion and a lamb, Tom quickly lost any interest in the topic and took out the “pinch bug” that was in his box, but it bit Tom, making him fling it onto its back. A poodle came along, eyeing the beetle, before making several careful snatches at it and losing interest. The pinch bug promptly bit the poodle’s nose, making the people in the

We as Americans have seen our share of violence whether it is first hand, through the media, or in history books. We have seen the pain and struggle that these people must go through in order to survive. This novel, The Grapes of Wrath, relates to some of the many times of violence and cruelty that this America has seen.

The plot of the novel The Grapes of Wrath has been confusing readers ever since the book was first written. Steinbeck carefully writes the chapters so that they eventually come together and make sense, or they add extreme detail to the novel. The plot of the book is woven to show, in great detail, how hard the Joads had it. This is why Steinbeck constantly changes between a 3rd person view and a narrator.

“Fella gets use to a place, it’s hard to go said Casy. Fella gets use to a way of thinkin it’s hard to leave.” (6.72)

In the novel The Grapes of Wrath, we are shown many social issues within the story. Social issues are displayed through homelessness, adaptation, prejudice and more. The social issues bring the novel together as one, and they have a great effect on the Okies in the book. Also, adaptation plays a big part in the social issues. Steinbeck captures great struggles in migrant work on the farm and shows how workers needed to come together as one.

When you think about all of the greatest movies in todays society you can about imagine that they came from books. The only problem with that is the movie, most of the time does not follow the book perfectly. This then changes how someone seeks to understand the overall messages the book wants you to take away from it and are therefore lost. The reason I am writing this is to compare and contrast the novel and the movie to show how the messages can be changed when they are put into different medium. After finishing the novel and the movie I would point out that The Grapes of Wrath Novel by John Steinbeck is does a better job capturing an image plus showing messages from back then than the movie by John Ford in many ways. The novel demonstrated various significant rhetorical messages that can be found that were not in the movie, although the novel and the movie had many significant similarities and differences between them, they were clearly noticeable and picked up on right away, after getting familiarized with both the mediums it is clear which one is a better candidate to choose between.

After almost 25 years of marriage, Cal’s wife-Emily, confesses that she has been cheating on him with a guy from work. In addition, she wants Cal to move out of their house, so he moves into an apartment. As a new bachelor, Cal goes out to a bar, where he meets Jacob Palmer-a womanizer. Jacob listens to Cal repeat his sob story, over and over again, at the bar. Jacob then decides that he wants to help Cal get his “manhood” back. Moving forward, Jacob gives Cal a complete makeover, which helps boost Cal’s confidence. Afterwards, Jacob demonstrates, to Cal, how to successfully get attention from women, as well as, how to get them to have sex with him. Jacob typically hits on various women at bars, and typically takes them home with him to have sex. Moreover, Cal soon masters the art of meeting and picking up women at the bar, and soon finds himself imitating the same behaviors of Jacob.

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

John Steinbeck has been and always will be a classic American author. From Of Mice and Men to Travels with Charley, his books have been a staple among citizens since 1937. One of his most famous novels is entitled The Grapes of Wrath and is a must-read for any American. It provides wonderful insight into the time period with a compelling story to keep a reader interested.

The Grapes of Wrath Introduction The devastating effects of the dust storms mainly in western Oklahoma and the preceding rain failure caused families to flee to California. The banks repossession for their property and homes pushes them further into depression. Unguaranteed about a better future or even about the next meal, the families take their chances. Their arrival into California is however a disappointment as there are no jobs for them. Most ‘okies’ in the Hovervilles end up dead due to starvation as they can’t find work. This highlights the plight of many families that had to struggle in a foreign city for Survival. The unfriendly weather is blamed for the atrocities that befall this community. There are social and economic

The theme of the novel is you can do what you want to do no matter what as long as you're very carefully and don’t get hurt. The passage above connects to this theme because Adam was riding his bike all they way to Rutterburg, Vermont and almost got hit by a car more than once. Plus Adam wanted to go to going to Vermont because of his father since he hasn’t seen him in awhile and Adam really wanted to see

Over the course of The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck, the author, breaks the narrative by chapter. It’s broken between the Joad family, the general farming population that was forced to move, and usually another specific set of people that aren’t necessarily pertinent to the story line and don’t usually stick around for more than a couple of chapters, but are used to show another perspective on the subject matter, like Al and Mae, the cook and the waitress at one of the diners.