Summary Of Danny Wants A Cup Of Water By John Steinbeck

Next, Steinbeck uses imagery of nature to convey how when people are given the opportunity to act upon their dreams and hopes it causes them to be dissatisfied with their previous reality. A sharp contrast

To show that man is surrounded by good and evil no matter where they are, Steinbeck describes the setting in a contrasting way to represent the good side and the bad side of nature. He

Steinbeck captured this image very well in his writing with the use of rhetorical devices and

The Joad family encounters a tremendous amount of struggle, loss, and despair on their journey west. “Goin’ to California? Here's jus’ what need. Looks shot, but they's thousan’s of miles in her” (Steinbeck 66). These were the types of cars the migrant families and the Joad family were forced to buy: junky cars. The Joad family fear that their car will break down on them half way through their journey. However, their hope of reaching California and finding a better life is much greater than their fear of not making it their.

Like how Crooks was telling Lennie about how he has seen tons of men wanting the dream that every man wants but he has never seen anyone do it. With Curley’s wife, she wanted to be an actress and said that she had the opportunity but it was her mom that was holding her back. Yet she was “discovered” at a dancing club which did not seem to give her the clue that it was not for real. This comes to show how today, everyone wants to be famous, actor, singer, internet star, but it is just the real world and not everyone gets to be or gets what they want. Then how Lennie is always in the way of the american dream for him and George. Steinbeck just shows how complicated it is to achieve the american dream and shows how it may not be possible for

In Of mice and men, John Steinbeck uses symbolism, foreshadowing, and a sympathetic tone to demonstrate the world of limited sources, poverty, human intolerance, limiting social roles, wealth, and freedom.

John Steinbeck utilizes the irony of the refugees’ false hope, and the imagery of Ma’s strength, and Granma’s demise to evoke a tone of desperation and denial. The usage of the refugees struggle for security enforces a theme of a quest for freedom from instability. The pitiless actions of society upon the Joads and refugees meet an unfaltering desire for a stable life, yet they continue to manipulate and suppress the people; the unyielding control results in desperate families who elicit a tone of denial and fear.

As Steinbeck expresses the migrants’ journey west, the growth of mankind is possible by the human spirit’s ability to be able to alter to a changing circumstance is made evident. Over the course, the luxated laborers are compelled to adapt to their new position to survive. At first, the families are “timid in the building and tumbling [of] worlds” (194). They are afraid to suddenly surrender a habit (or lifestyle) that they have accompanied so long. However, they slowly become used to “huddl[ing] together”, “talk[ing] together”, and “shar[ing] their lives, their food, and the things that

Characters in The Grapes of Wrath are often contrasted to emphasize certain qualities in their relationships, the most notable being a lack of empathy versus a caring and generous nature. Steinbeck’s use of juxtaposition is key to understanding the significance of the contrast involving the landowners and the migrants and why they cannot share sympathies and opinions. These two groups are both rivals and continuously reinforce differences in their lifestyles, and such is the case for the landowners and migrants, which are two drastically different classes that will not cooperate. The migrants are searching for job opportunities and safe places, but are often cheated by the landowners, who are corrupted by their drive for cheap labor and, ultimately, riches,

Through his use of imagery, Steinbeck not only creates a brilliant setting, but also ties man’s inherent good into an otherwise dark portrait of the human condition, reminding me of the good within us all.

Steinbeck wanted to show that the selfish ones who were fortunate had the strength and the will power to aid the ones who

Steinbeck uses the literary device of metaphor by narrating the Joad family's journey to California, in comparison to the other migrant families in the intercalary chapters. Throughout the novel, there are a few of these chapters that help develop themes like re-birth, community, perserverance, etc, through key symbols, to support the narrative chapters.

2a)Poverty: John steinbeck is able to show poverty through the novel especially with the setting, and little details. The setting of the novel is in the salinas valley of California during the Great Depression, on the work ranch they are surrounded with other workers that have nothing or no body, they all have a dream of something but being stuck in poverty they can never achieve it."O.K. Someday—we're gonna get the jack together and we're gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an' a cow and some pigs and—"

Steinbeck uses feelings of happiness, obligation, and love to establish the theme of friendship is

I am simply fascinated and intrigued by this passage, to a point where questions and thoughts flood my mind, allowing me to see this world in a broader, expansive view.To me, the passage’s main idea conveys the sense of knowledge, freewill, and individuality.. Here, Steinbeck conveys the idea of freewill by prioritizing the word “exploring”, which suggests that knowledge and freedom is limitless, that there is no barrier that confines one’s mind from learning and experiencing life. Through this, I strongly relate to the passage because we have the privilege to choose between different english classes, but I chose a more vigorous class to strengthen my ability to produce greater ideas and thoughts. To choose a challenging class will not only