The Grapes Of Wrath - Critics Flashcards
Crockett on California
“Not a promised land but a blighted Eden”
Cowley (Migrants)
“What one remembers most of all is Steinbeck’s sympathy for the migrants”
Yuhas (Hope)
“Steinbeck did not want us to loose hope, he wanted us to get angry at those who would strip hope from us”
Haslam (Ma)
“The family’s core”
Williamson on Rose of Sharon
“The inheritor of Ma Joad’s matriarchal wisdom and power”
Motley - The Joad Family Structure
“Joad family shifts from a patriarchal structure to a predominantly matriarchal one”
Spangler - The American Dream
“Steinbeck has smashed the notions of the American Dream”
Yuhas - The Banks
“Steinbeck’s monster banks still evict families and indenture Americans with debt”
Bloom - The Women in TGOW
“The women of The Grapes of Wrath are stronger than the men”
Bloom - Strength of Ma And Rose of Sharon
“The endurance of Ma Joad and Rose of Sharon is one of the ornaments of The Grapes Of Wrath”
Steinbeck - Anger
“I think anger is the healthiest thing in the world”
Cowley - Steinbeck’s Work
“Steinbeck’s longest, angriest and most impressive work”
