1Critical reception of the novel
"He was not a popular stance among the intersts that then controlled California"
"It was Steinbeck's pictures of econimic exploitation that really offended the loacal power structure"
2Collins - women
D T O U... T W S I A M O T H
During times of unemployment... the woman steps in as Master of the House
3Haslam
C O A N H C B F F T W O A O O
Conception of a new human community being formed from the wreckage of an old one
4Film - Ma's quote
Her quote from chapter 20 is used as conclusion to the film
"We'll find a way through this thing - for we are the American people"
5Gerald Haslam - defenition
D T D B M A "W M O O W"
Defined the dust bowl migrants as "working men out of work"
6McCrum
C O F E B O O R
Concept of family extended beyond ones own relatives
7Motley
T F S F A P S T A M O
The family shifts from a patriarchial struture to a matriarchal one
8Blades
T N P A T W O O T P A Q T L O I
The novel picks apart the willful optimism of the pioneer and questions the limits of individualism
9Asquith
J O D
Journey of disillusionment
10Steinbeck
M I A D T - A G A A A T S T A I
Man is a double thing - a group animal and at the same time an individual
11Steinbeck - Dubious Battle in California
T B O A I V N T L F O A O I T S O C
The Bank of America is very nearly the largest farm owner and operator in the state of California
12Steinbeck - migrants
M H O F I, A T I T A L A S O I
Migrants have one fixed idea, and that is to acquire land and settle on it
13McGrath
M - E I L O N
Ma- epitomy of loving one’s neighbor
14McCrum
T N D W H
The novel drips with humanity
15Ware
W M L T J W S T R I T H E
When men lost their jobs women saw their role in the household enhanced
16Bradbury
T D O A I P A C B M D F W
The dream of an innocent pastoral America created by man’s desire for wonder
17Congress Bordon
T D M... T B E N B T T, D, V A D M O T A
Twisted distorted mind… this book exposes nothing but the total, depravity, vulgarity and degraded mentality of the authpr
18Williamson
R O S I T I O M J M W A P
Rose of Sharon is the inheritor of Ma Joad’s matriarchal wisdom and power
19Carpenter
T S T T T O T P I I A M O A S G
Tom’s story traces the transformationof the Protestant individual into a member of a social group
20Burns
J J - "T E I O A, N C"
Joad’s journey - “The emphasis is on attrition, not continuance”
21Groene
T M A P A G A H P, A T T M C
The migrants are portrayed as generous and helpful people, adhering to their moral code
22Walcutt
T E S T S F H A I L R T R
The ending shows that Steinbeck finds his answer in love rathe than revolution
23Spangler
S H S T N O T A D
Steinbeck has smashed the notions of the American Dream
24Fonseca
M R T I U M, S N N O H C, B T W A I N
Ma represents the ideal universal mother, she nurtured not only her children, but those who are in need
25Royston
R O S I G Y P
Rose of Sharon is grotesque yet powerful
26Marxist reading
S R B B A P
Socioeconomic relationship between bourgeoisie and proletariat
27Feminist approach
S U C A A T F E B M A W
Steinbeck used Casy as a tool for equality between men and women