Quotes From 'The Grapes Of Wrath'

The author reveals that untruthful behavior can result in permanently damaging predicaments. After cheating on Rose, Troy finally explained to her, "Then when I saw that gal [Alberta]...she firmed up my backbone. And I got to thinking that if I tried...I just might be able to steal second” (45). The phrase “... I just might be able to steal second” shows how desperate and thoughtless he was. Troy lied to Rose for a long time, and it hurt both of them very much when he finally had to confess. Through this event, Wilson showed

The dust bowl was a tragic time in America for so many families and John Steinbeck does a great job at getting up-close and personal with one family to show these tragedies. In the novel, “The Grapes of Wrath”, John Steinbeck employed a variety of rhetorical devices, such as asyndeton, personification and simile, in order to persuade his readers to enact positive change from the turmoil of the Great Depression. Throughout the novel, Steinbeck tells the fictional narrative of Tom Joad and his family, while exploring social issues and the hardships of families who had to endure the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression. Steinbeck’s purpose was to challenge readers to look at

Metaphors are used a lot throughout the book The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. Some examples of metaphors in the story are, the sand turtle trying to cross the road in chapter three, the bank monster that is described in chapter five, and the car dealership that is described in chapter seven.

Ma Joad was the main character in "The Grapes of Wrath" and John Steinbeck had done a great job by describing the mother. Ma Joad had a big role in the Joad family. Her role was to keep her family's hopes and keep them happy. I found an evidence to support my answer by picking the quote from the book, “And since Old Tom and the children could not know hurt or fear unless she acknowledged fear or hurt. She had practiced denying them in herself. And since when a joyful thing happened, they looked to see whether joy was on her, it was her habit to build up laughter out of inadequate materials.”(Page 74, Steinbeck) and its said that Ma Joad will acknowledge the feelings the family supposed to feel. When Ma Joad is happy, her family will be happy.

Not only does Rose support her family but she also accepts and cares for Troy’s extended family. Living in the 1950's was a difficult time for an African-American woman, but Rose saw this difficulty as a challenge and worked to succeed. Rose often refers to the changing-times; the new opportunities for blacks. Troy, however, believes that the black man will always be inferior. Lyons, Troy's son from a previous marriage, always come around whenever he wants something according to Troy. However, Rose sees Lyons asking for money and help as a plea for guidance, but Troy refuses both to him. Rose takes a dominating role in this instance as she demands Troy to give Lyons the money (ten dollars); with it a story of guidance about responsibility. Without Rose stepping in, Lyons wouldn’t have been told the real reason for why his father hadn’t been there for his childhood. Rose works scrupulously to form a good relationship between Troy and his son Lyons, even though she is not Lyons’s mother.

“Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe” (Douglass). In Steinbeck’s Dust Bowl Age novel, The Grapes Of Wrath, protagonist Tom Joad, and his family are forced from their farm due to the Oklahoma Dust Bowl, believing to set out to refuge for California, along with many struggling migrant workers. Including the family, thousands of migrant workers are in search of jobs, land, and the hope for having a brighter future. Steinbeck also includes the aspect of characters who come along such as Jim Casy, whose characteristics rely on human unity and love as

Rose does all she can to keep Troy in good situations and not let him make a fool of himself. “Troy what is wrong with you this

You know that now. I take my pay and I give it to you”. “I don’t have no money but what you give me back”.” I just want to have a little time to myself”...a little time to enjoy life”. Troy means that he shed his blood and tears to provide for his family giving rose all of his hard earned money. In Trory’s mind for all of his hard work, Troy feels that he deserves to cheat on Rose with Alberta. Troy feels an obligation to do so but not knowing his mistakes were coming to an end as he gets Alberta pregnant and his family begins to break up. Troy” what time you gonna be home?”. Rose” ain’t no need of you watching me Troy”. Rose then becomes involved with church more and taking care of Raynell. Troy didn’t pay attention to when Rose wanted him to come home now it’s the opposite.

In his novel Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck integrated many biblical references and values throughout the book. This provided a more intriguing and complex style of writing that he used to tell about the Dust Bowl of the early 1900’s and the arduous journey the Joad family and many others took to reach California.

Muley Graves, a character introduced in the sixth chapter of The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, lived up to the connotations of his name as a stubborn person. Muley, like a mule, is a stubborn person in the sixth chapter. He explains that he is staying on Old Tom’s land because Old Tom went to California because he was pushed out of he is land from a big company. Graves is stubborn to the big company because they want him gone because they have been “trying to catch,” him for “two months”(p. 57). Graves means that he knows that the company does not want him living there.

Lastly, when an individual does not fulfill their dreams, they will not be happy. This is similar to the thought of the American dream, but more generalize to any type of dream; any want which a person may have. If a want or dream is significant enough and the person knows that they cannot have it, this may lead to them breaking down, the same way Marcus did in this quote “[t]he sobs that came then didn't sound like my voice. They sounded like an animal noise, maybe a donkey or some kind of big cat noise in the night. I sobbed so my throat burned and ached with it, so my chest heaved.”

“But what is a dream, Conor O’Malley? the monster said, bending down so its face was close to Conor’s. Who is to say that it is not everything else that is the dream?” -page 35 I chose this because I liked how it makes you think. After all, who is to say we are not all dreaming right now?

The Grapes of Wrath is set in the horrible stage of our American history, the Depression. Economic, social, and historical surroundings separate the common man of America into basically the rich and poor. A basic theme is that man turns against one another in a selfish pride to only protect themselves. For example, the landowners create a system in which migrants are treated like animals and pushed along from one roadside camp to the next. They are denied decent wages and forced to turn against their fellow scramblers to simply survive.

C3: a quote that stands out to me in chapter 2 is, “I become faint, and all at once I cannot do any more. I won't revile any more, it is senseless, I could drop down and never rise up again (38). This quote stands out to me because it emphasizes Paul Bäumers strong feelings of sorrow. Paul lies next to Kemmerich to try to comfort him as he is in his death throes, as the night goes on he ignores him and eventually dies. This quote is significant because it shows Paul’s feelings for his friend and how upset he is that a young nineteen who didn't even really start their life yet just had to go into war and now his life is over. Paul also grew up with kemmerich so he knew him for a while.

• So Thomas Watson the puritan wisely said, “"God's afflictive providences are the strokes of a father, not the wounds of an enemy . . . Out of the bitterest drug God distils His glory, and our happiness " o It is a faith that is sure that in some wonderful way God can make even disaster and suffering an occasion for blessing o It is the kind of faith typified by Job  About 4000 years ago he said, “The Lord has given; the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.” • That was how Job showed thanksgiving and gratitiude to God o