American Lit Grapes of Wrath quotes

Question 1

They’re trapped in a system which is overwhelemed by corperate greed
lives are dictated by forces beyond their control

Answer 1

‘Men made it, but they can’t control it’

Question 2

Land is deeply rooted in their identity. Illustrates deep emotional and psychological ties = sacrifice and suffering

Answer 2

‘We were born on it, and we got killed on it. Even if it’s no good, it’s still ours’

Question 3

Presents challenges families migrating may face, animal being a turtle metaphor for not only their carefully selected items. But also their carrying the emotional burden along with their homes on their backs.

Answer 3

‘Embankment grew steeper and steeper’

Question 4

unsustanabillity of intensive farming = dust bowls, exploitation, profit over sustainabillity

Answer 4

‘What cotton does to the land; robs it, sucks all the blood out of it’

Question 5

Gender roles, women are the backbones to families, espicially in times of crisis. Ma embodies resilience, nurture, and stability the family needs.

Answer 5

‘If she swayed the family shook’

Question 6

Critic: Robert DeMatt (intercalary chapters)

Answer 6

expresses the intercalary chapters “work at another level of recongnition by expressing an atemporal, universal, synoptic view of the migrant condition.”

Question 7

Critic: Louis Kronenberger
Theme

Answer 7

The theme of the novel is “large and tragic”

Question 8

Robert DeMatt

Answer 8

“A tale of dashed illusions, thwarted desires, inhuman suffering, and betrayed promises - all strung on a shimmering thread of hope”

Question 9

Shively

Answer 9

“The community becomes the way that the individuals can, by his participation in, and his devotion to, find himself in relation to the whole.”

Question 10

Alan Yuhas

Answer 10

“Stienbeck didn’t want us to lose hope; he wanted us to get angry at those who would strip us of hope.”

Question 11

Louis Kronenberger

Answer 11

“Grand tour of exploitation and destitution.”