'The Grapes of Wrath' Quotes Flashcards
Banks: “mo …
“monster banks”
Betrayal: “Joe …
“Joe Davis’ boy” caught “raping” the Joads land “against [their] own people”
Ma Joad: “the eyes …
“the eyes of the whole family shifted back to Ma. She was the power”
Ma Joad: “ci …
“citadel”
Ma Joad: Originally “seemed …
“seemed to know, to accept […] her position in the family”
Ma Joad: “she had …
“she had taken control”
Ma Joad’s Dream: “little …
“little white houses in among the orange trees”
Casy’s Dream: “work[ing] …
“work[ing] in the fiel’s, in the green fiel’s”
American Dream: “Maybe we can …
“Maybe we can start again, in the new rich land - in California […] But we can’t start. Only a baby can start”
Hooverville Camps
“no order in the camp”, “scattered”, “rusty”, “mouldy”, “tattered”
Weedpatch Camp
“rows were straight and there was no litter”
Sense of Cooperation: “If he needs …
“If he needs a million acres to make him feel rich, seems to me he needs it ‘cause he feels awful poor inside hisself”
Community: “huddled together …
“huddled together, they shared their lives, their food and the things they hoped for in the new country […] twenty families became one family”
Community: “This is …
“This is the beginning - from ‘I’ to ‘We’”
Community: “I know …
“I know now a fella ain’t no good alone”
Resilience: “They ain’t …
“They ain’t gonna wipe us out”, “We’re the people that live”
Community (from Casy): “one …
“one soul”
Wrath: “In the souls of …
“In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing”
Money struggles: “How much …
“How much money be lef’ Pa? […] Bout forty dollars”, “We’re out of cash”
Community: “If you’re in …
“If you’re in trouble or hurt […] go to the poor people. They’re the only ones that’ll help”
Joad’s (modest) Dream: “I wonder …
“I wonder - that is, if we all get jobs an’ all work - maybe we can get one of them little white houses”
Joad’s Dream: “an’ with them good …
“an’ with them good wages, maybe a fella can get hisself a little piece of lan’ and work it out for the extra cash. Why, hell, in a couple years I bet a fella could get a place of his own”
Migration: “The migrant people …
“The migrant people, scuttling for work, scrabbling to live, looked always for pleasure, […] hungry for amusement”
Selfishness: “Me an’ Connie …
“Me an’ Connie don’t want to live in the country no more”
