modernisation, industrialisation and organised labour

Question 1

‘l - - - of a b - - c - - - - ‘

Answer 1

‘look of a bad child’

steinbeck is critical of muley’s stubbornness and his inability to move with the times. in the previous chapter, the tractor drivers justification for tractoring was that ‘times are changing’. muley’s reluctance to accept reality and modernisation ultimately leads to his downfall. is steinbeck critical of this and his isolation that it has caused? his inability to recognise that his identity isn’t the land, but the people of which inhabit the land

Question 2

‘ d - - - - n - - - - - t - - - y - - t - - - is t - - m - - - - - - a - - ?

Answer 2

‘ didn’t nobody tell you this is the machine age?’

the dismissal of the farmer’s mules articulates the role that advancing technology plays in these changing times. there is no place for horses or ploughs anymore.