Short Story: The Grapes Of Wrath

John Steinbeck uses symbolism to enrich his writing. Several of these symbols can be found in his book, The Grapes of Wrath. The Joad’s, a family from Oklahoma, are in search of a better life. They leave their home in journey to California because of the dust bowl. The symbols in the book are the dust, the turtle, names of people, and the grapes. These symbols give the reader an additional perspective of the book. Dust represents life and death. Dust makes a mess of things and leaves possessions under a mucky film. The farming in Oklahoma becomes difficult because the heavy winds uplift the soil and carry it great distances. Then the farmers are left with no soil to grow their crops. The Joad’s livelihood depends on the soil. If the

So when Joseph came to them, they took off his beautiful robe and they threw him in an empty well. Then they sold him to people that were going to Egypt. The brothers took the robe and dipped it in animal’s blood and brought it to their father. They told Jacob that an animal killed him. Jacob was really upset. Joseph was now in Egypt working as a slave. He was Potiphar’s helper and made him mandated of everything he owned. Then the Pharaoh sent him to jail. After some time in jail a cupbearer and a baker’s Pharaoh had a dream that he was going to get out of jail soon. Joseph told them to tell the Pharaoh about him but the cupbearer forgot. Two years later the Pharaoh had a dream, but nobody could understand it. Then the cupbearer remembered what Joseph did for him, and Joseph was brought to Pharaoh. Joseph explained him and the Pharaoh believed all that he told him, and put him in charge of all the land of Egypt. People came from all over to buy grain from Joseph, including Joseph's brothers. When his brothers came, Joseph was able to recognize them, but they did not. Joseph told them that he was their brother and even thought they were afraid Joseph was not mad at them because he knew that God had a better plan for him. After it his entire family moved to Egypt

Joseph was one of the 12 sons fathered by Jacob. He was the first born son of Jacob and Rachel. Joseph was much younger than his brothers and highly loved and favored by his father. Jacob gave Joseph an ornate robe that displayed that nepotism. Joseph had some pretty momentous dreams when he was only 17 years old. His dreams indicated that his brothers were going to bow down to him. Joseph told his family of his dreams in an attempt to seek the meaning behind them. Jacob’s favoritism caused his sons to be jealous. Joseph’s brothers decided to sell him into slavery to an Egyptian man, named Potiphar. Joseph excelled at everything he did. Potiphar put Joseph in charge of his home. Joseph grew up to be a very handsome man. Potiphar’s wife coveted him, but Joseph would not commit sin against Potiphar or God, so the wife had him thrown in prison. He continued to exceed while in prison. He interpreted dreams for prisoners and eventually Pharaoh. Pharaoh gave Joseph authority over all the land and began storing food for the inevitable famine. This lead to Joseph’s family coming to ask for food

Whether it was increased rent by corrupt landowners or a typical drought, the result was

Although this book may a fiction work, it still hold a great deal of the mood of the 1930’s. The Americans of this time period were going through a huge economic depression. Most people were out of work and extremely poor. Food was scarce and homes were even harder to find. Many people lived in Hoovervilles made of tarp and tin. This book goes through the life of one family through their troubles. Although the family is made up, this would represent the untold struggles of thousands of American families.

land by the bank, which owned it because the drought from the Dust Bowl had

In the epic movie Grapes of Wrath, director John Ford depicted a saga of one family trying to survive the 1930’s. In watching this film, it helped me to understand the hardships of the American migrants. The characters showed unique traits and dealt with problems each in a different way.The Dust Bowl was an ecological and human disaster that took place in the southwestern Great Plains region, including Oklahoma. Misuse of land and years of sustained drought caused it. Millions of acres of farmland became useless, and hundreds of thousands of people were forced to leave their homes --many migrated to California.

President Calvin Coolidge vetoed the bill, but then Congress overrode his veto. The bonus was supposed to be paid once the veteran has passed away, earning the name “The Tombstone Bonus.” But then unexpected happened, The Great Depression of 1929. The stock market crashed, 20% were unemployed, and many were left homeless, starving, and hopeless.

One reason why i know all was not right was because in the book on page 12 paragraph 4 it says. “Rush then noted that in recent days he had seen an unusual number of bilious fever, accompanied with symptoms of uncommonly malignity”. which shows that more people are getting sick with similar symptoms. So they realized that there was a sickness going around.

In John Steinbeck’s 1939 novel The Grapes of Wrath, the supporting character Jim Casy is characterized as faithless. Casy is a former reverend of a church, and after re-encountering his old friend Tom Joad, the two have a conversation to catch up with each other. Casy states that the religious spirit is declining in his community, and he leaves his job because he does not believe that religion matters anymore. He starts using words he would not say as a preacher, and he justifies it: “maybe you wonder about me using bad words. Well, they ain’t bad to me no more. They’re jus’ words folks use, an’ they don’t mean nothing bad with ‘em”(32). This evidence reinforces the concept that due to the lack of religious spirit in Casy, he does not believe there is anything wrong with religious exclamations because the words are just common amongst people. Like Casy, people who do not believe that doing something is bad see nothing wrong with doing it. When young children find out that Santa Claus is not real, they start doing things against the rules unknown to others, contrary to when they believe that Santa is always watching them and that they always have to follow the rules. Also, Casy’s thoughts on religion change after leaving his job as a reverend. When the Joad family asks for a prayer in a time of hardship, the family calls upon Casy because he is a former preacher. But since Casy has left his religious duties, he has

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

Hello there! I am Pharaoh Hatshepsut. Your probably know that pharaohs are usually boys. Well, that when it changes… I’m actually a girl! That is probably one of the reasons why I’m so great. There are so many reasons why I’m such a great pharaoh like my stopping the Nile River from flooding to much and stopping slavery and doing trade instead. My people are mad at me because of my wishing for the Nile River to flood to let the banks never dry out. “What was the effect of that?”, you might say? Well, the flooding of the Nile River ended up having the farmlands flood. That was very bad! All the farmers got mad and it was hard to harvest food. Everything was ruined. I ended up wishing for the flooding of the Nile River not too much, just enough

The majority of people in the United States are lucky enough to have a place they can return to every night and call their home. Unfortunately, for the Joad and Walls families, this is not the case. The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck, tells the story of the Joads, a poor family of tenant farmers forced off their farm in Oklahoma due a bank foreclosure. Because of the circumstances they suffered, including being trapped in the Dust Bowl and economic hardship, the Joads set out for California in search for a better life. The Glass Castle, a memoir by Jeanette Walls, tells the story of her family moving from place to place during modern day poverty. Both novels clearly illustrate the daily struggles of living without a permanent home. Each family has unique qualities that assist them in dealing with issues. Although they had different ways of making the best of their situations, they both had the same mindset and shared the goal of having a happy life.

“Lord Conrad, thou art the father of this prisoner’s child?! Thou had sex out of wedlock and stripped this woman of her purity!” exclaimed Lord Chief Justice.

A greater conflict is later revealed later in the story. Joseph is brought before Pharaoh to interpret his dream, and he reveals that after seven years of plenty, a severe famine will engulf the land so that the seven years of plenty will be forgotten. In order to prepare for the famine, Pharaoh must appoint someone to oversee the storing and rationing of the food in Egypt. Since Joseph interpreted the dream that the magicians and wisemen of Egypt could not, Pharaoh made Joseph second in command over all of Egypt. Through Joseph Egypt is well-prepared for the famine.