Grapes of wrath chapter 11. John Steinbeck 2022-10-31
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In chapter 11 of "The Grapes of Wrath," John Steinbeck presents the harrowing journey of the Joad family as they flee the dustbowl of Oklahoma and travel west to California in search of a better life. The chapter begins with the family preparing to leave, packing up their few belongings and saying goodbye to their neighbors and friends. Despite their sadness at leaving, the Joads are determined to find work and a place to call home in California.
As the Joads set out on their journey, they face numerous challenges and hardships. The first obstacle they encounter is the scorching heat and dust of the desert, which makes it difficult for them to travel and find food and water. Along the way, they also encounter other families in similar situations, all struggling to survive and find a way to California.
Despite these challenges, the Joads remain resilient and determined. They persevere through the hardships of the journey, and when their truck breaks down, they find a way to repair it and continue on their way. However, their journey is not without tragedy, as they lose one of their own along the way, a young boy named Grampa who dies from a stroke.
Despite the difficulties they face, the Joads eventually reach California and find work picking fruit. However, they quickly discover that life in California is not the paradise they had hoped for. The wages are low and the living conditions are cramped and miserable. Despite this, the Joads remain determined to make the best of their situation, and they continue to work hard and support each other.
In conclusion, chapter 11 of "The Grapes of Wrath" presents a powerful depiction of the struggles and determination of the Joad family as they journey west in search of a better life. Through their resilience and perseverance, they are able to overcome the challenges they face and find a way to survive in a difficult and uncertain world.
English 10H Period 9: The Grapes of Wrath
Splits started up the sheathing from the rusted nails. The narrator explains that even though men continue to work the land, these men have no real connection to their work. I think it was because of how silent it made the room sound while I was reading it in a classroom full of chatty people. This quote in the Grapes of Wrath is said by Tom Joad as his family and the Wilson family sits around a fire after Grampa died. During a family council that evening, Al points out the good features of the car he chose and Tom asks about taking Casy along. The complications of having left the water behind, but also the hope brought by joining up with Ivy and Sairy Wilson. They disguised the poor condition of the vehicles in many ways and ignored complaints.
It is because Steinbeck created the work because of showing difficulties of many Americans who had The Great Depression and The Dust Owl. Tractors, however, have no life and warmth, so when they stop for the day, the land and barns are as good as dead, and no vitality remains. Fear is often an underlying cause of many prejudice feelings which I believe is one of the themes of this novel. Steinbeck incorporated this because he had to show the side that loathed and mistreated the migrants. Here we start to see the unification of two families, who hours ago were complete strangers. When the corrugated iron doors are shut, he goes home, and his home is not the land.
When I read this passage I got the chills. It is cold and indifferent to the needs of the soil and the man who controls it has no ties to the land. At breakfast, Granma insists that Casy, the preacher, say grace. Another quote that forced me to think for a little while was said at the end of chapter 12. I find it intriguing and perhaps a little preach-like that Steinbeck adds in his own micro-life lessons into his novel. Lesson Summary Chapter 11 provides powerfully vivid descriptions of what happens to the homes that are left behind as people are forced to leave their land and houses. She holds it in such high regard and talks about it like it was a palace.
With these actions comes the realization that by banding together, they will survive. This could be because the owners Mae and Al realize how desperate these families are and how a little ounce of help will keep on giving. Analysis In this chapter, Steinbeck continues to draw a sharp contrast between the vitality of those who live close to the land and the mechanical lifelessness of those who use the soil for capital concerns. The citation above will include either 2 or 3 dates. For the Joads mean to sever one kind of connection in favor of another, abandoning the land to keep the family together. Although specifically this passage refers to the hatred of the Californians toward the migrants from across the country, looking for work, it can be related to almost any situation involving prejudices and stereotypes.
She is so grateful for the simplest things like running water and toilets that flush. Now he returns discouraged, having earned a mere eighteen dollars. Analysis Chapter 14 documents the beginning of a social shift; a gradual emerging of social consciousness from "I" to "We" begins to emerge. Ma is also concerned about Tom crossing the state line, because her husband has told her it would violate Tom's probation. The last date is today's date — the date you are citing the material.
Summary: Chapter 15 A waitress named Mae and a cook named Al work at a coffee shop on Route 66. They have no compassion for the plight of the people trying to reach California, after all they have to make a living and support their families. I believe that Steinbeck was trying to further characterize the new leader of the Joads. Ma had been riding and attempting to sleep next to a corpse…Grandma. Throughout history, certain groups and ideas have been suppressed by the ones in charge. Bill put a coin on the counter and the other man looked at it and reached again and put down a coin. They knew the tenants would be driving the vehicles away from the area anyway, so they would get no complaints.
Such selfishness separates people from one another, disabling the kind of unity and brotherhood that Casy deems holy. Ma was already depicted with traits such as welcoming, kind, caring, and a leader, but this showed exactly what she was willing to do in order to make sure her family reached California. Grampa is still in a haze, because of the medicine he was given to make him sleep through the trip. He looked straight ahead. The thorough job and pride they once took in keeping it immaculate has vanished. Almost immediately, the Joads are exposed to the very hardships that Steinbeck describes in the alternating expository chapters that chronicle the great migration as a whole; the account of the family provides a close-up on the larger picture.
People flee across it, terrified they will break down between the sparse towns. Families were left starving in every corner through the twenties and thirties. The candy actually went for the price of a nickel for each piece. The story of Mae, in its simplistic illustration of morality and virtue, functions almost like a parable, and considerably lightens the tone of these chapters. There was a family of twelve and they were forced off their land. His use of imagery shows the reader the aftermath of the great depression was not complete destruction, but slow rusting and weathering.
This quote, in which Al and Tom are driving back to the broken tuck with the piece necessary to fix it, stuck out greatly in my mind. He promised to help them in anyway and devote his work to them for taking him along. Ma expresses the first doubts about how promising the new land is, but maintains her confidence in the opportunity for work described in the handbills distributed among the tenants. When the author later says, "But how can such courage be, and such faith in their own species? This quote is very important because it shows the importance of their voyage and how scared they actually were. Analysis Steinbeck is critical of mechanized methods of cotton production that has displaced the tenant. Before the family has been gone a full day, Grampa suffers a stroke and dies.
Thus, in Chapter 13, at the gas station, the family encounters the hostility and suspicion described in Chapters 12, 14, and 15. She reminds the man that she is not running a grocery store, and that even if she did sell him a loaf of bread she would have to charge fifteen cents. They are unaware that these changes are the results of circumstances, not the causes. This stuck out in my mind, just for the terror I would have felt. They fear the change that all these people will cause to their lives and the nation. The truckers, witnessing this scene, leave Mae an extra-large tip.
