'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”
