Grapes Context Flashcards
What year was the Declaration of Independence
1776
Quote from Declaration of Independence
All men are created equal
Jesus’ last words
Father forgive them, for they do not know what their doing
Marxism
Revolutionary mindset and conflict between proletariat and aristocracy
Feudalism
Class divide
The jungian hero
Jim Casey
The rebel
Jim/ Tom
Woodie gunthrie’s song
If you don’t got the do re mi folks
Steinbeck’s main intention
To give a voice to labourers, not forgetting they are real people
Steinbeck’s theory of Phalanx
The roles of individuals within groups can be likened to cells in an organism, working together to further the opportunity of the body as a whole rather than playing a more self interested role
Which writers present women in a similar way to ma
Willa Cathers frontier heroines and Faulkner’s black matriarchs , alluding to the fact there was a tradition of powerful women in 20th century American Literature
What did the Wall Street crash force Americans to do?
Re evaluate their arbitrary capitalist system
What did Steinbeck undermine
Fitzgerald’s quintessential rags to riches story
What is Steinbeck’s view on human beings and their behaviour
Focus on their external behaviour and their speech, rather than their inwardness. The relationships people create and ongoing activity on the outside
Steinbeck quote about sadness
’there is a sorrow here that weeping cannot sybolise’
