The Grapes Of Wrath Quotations - My Version Flashcards
Tom’s famous speech (give 2 quotes)
. ‘I’ll be ever’where - wherever you look… I’ll be there’
. ‘Wherever theys a flight so hungry people can eat, ill be there’
Tom’s prison
‘I been in Mcalester. Been there four years’
(Not a quote) What does Tom loose and then begins to seem himself as?
Tom loses some of his ego (his sense of his own importance) and brashness, and begins to see himself as a part of a bigger and more meaningful whole
(Not a quote) what does Tom see himself of Casy and what does he continue
Tom becomes a ‘disciple’ of Casy, continuing his transcendentalist philosophy
(Not a quote) what does Tom become?
He becomes the manifestation of the workers’ movement which he hopes to help organise, in order to bring justice to the starving people in California
Casy’s sin line
‘There ain’t no sin and there ain’t no virtue. There’s just stuff people do’
Casy oversoul
‘Maybe all men got one big soul ever’body’s a part of’
Casy preaching
‘ain’t preachin’ no more much. The sperit ain’t in the people much no more’
Rich and poor
‘If he needs a million acres to make him feel rich, seems to me he needs it ‘cause he feels awful poor inside hisself’
Grandpa doesnt want to go
An’ I don’t give a goddamn if they’s oranges an’ grapes crowdin’ a fella outa bed even. I ain’t a-goin’.
Grandpa country
‘This country ain’t no good, but it’s my country’
Grandpa excited to leave
‘Sure will be glad to get out there. Got a feelin’ it’ll make a new fella outa me. Go right to work in the fruit’
When did Granpa die?
‘An’ Grandpa didn’ die tonight. He died the minute you took ‘im off the place’
Who won
‘Pa’s anger did not rise, and his hands hung limply at his sides. And in a moment the group knew Ma had won, and Ma knew it too’
What is not good?
‘It ain’t good for folks to break up’
What did Ma accept?
‘She seemed to know, to accept, to welcome her position’
