Chapter Twenty-Five Flashcards
1
Q
Because Californian summer results in bountiful harvests what do large companies decide to do?
A
There is too much to pick and produce without lowering the price so big farms leave mountains of fruit out to spoil.
2
Q
Who cannot keep up with industrial farming techniques?
A
Smaller farms leading them into debt.
3
Q
What is the wastage of food the ultimate symbol of?
A
Their selfish perversion of nature.
4
Q
What do they spray the fruit with to stop migrants picking it up?
A
Kerosene to burn it.
5
Q
What key quote underlines this perversion of nature?
A
“In the eyes of the hungry there is a growing wrath. In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage”.
