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In this novel Steinbeck set forth with the intention of raising awareness to the general public of the difficulties and injustices these migrants faced during this period in time. It exposed the methods of the California farmer to use the migrants in order to lower their co
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They were hungry, and they were fierce. Wherever they’s a fight so hungry people can eat, I’ll be there.
“Well, take it-all junk-and give me five dollars. You’re not buying only junk, you’re buying junked lives. And they had hoped to find a home, and they found only hatred. Buying a plow to plow your own children under, buying the arms and spirits that might have saved you. Steinbeck portrays the “Okies” in a way no one before him had, and also managed to keep their story true to life. “Scairt to get in the light,” Muley whispered. Upon hearing this Ma and Rosasharn exchange a knowing look. This is accompanied by the disintegration of the smaller family unit, which is replaced by the larger world family of the migrant people. If Casy knowed, why, I’ll be in the way guys yell when they’re mad an’- I’ll be in the way kids laugh when they’re hungry an’ they knows supper’s ready. You’re buying a l!
ittle girl plaiting the forelocks, taking off her hair ribbon to make bows, standing back, head cocked, rubbing the soft noses with her cheek. ” (118)
There is a lot of symbolism throughout The Grapes of Wrath, in the form of events or even in the characters themselves. " (335) The irony is that if you need something you have to go to the people who have nothing.
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