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The term “alienation” describes the event where an individual is excluded from a certain group or activity but should have rights to participation; one character in The Grapes of Wrath who faced alienation is Al Joad. In the novel, Al is described as a teenage boy who loves women and cars. Al, similar to the rest of the family, becomes classified as an Okie; according to the Californian landowners, Okies lack talent and drive. Al aspires to work in a garage to repair cars; consequently, his past…

Paragraph 1: Character speech In Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck uses character speech to express how the Great Depression has affected the American Dream. One instance of character speech shows the importance of work. For instance, as George and Lennie are making their journey towards the ranch, George points out to Lennie, “think I’d let you carry your own work card?” (Steinbeck 5). Evidently, this example from George’s dialogue does not only show his hostility and short-temperedness, but further…

Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt is a memoir about growing up in poverty in Ireland, and the need to make it to America to escape his inevitable miserable future in Limerick. Frank , the main character, has to cope with neglect his alcoholic father, dead siblings and friends, as well as the prejudice he faces as a poor lane boy. Marxism is defined by the power struggle that society faces as a whole. The obvious element of a power struggle demonstrated by McCourt, is the fact that his family is…

The novel Of Mice and Men written by John Steinbeck is about two disparate migrant workers, George and Lennie, who travel around California looking for work during the Great Depression. Lennie and George find themselves on a farm in California where they plan to work until they have enough money to buy the little plot of land that they want. They almost had enough money to buy it when things went very wrong. Lennie killed Curley’s wife, and George knew that they could not run away again. In…

In today's world, people have achieved so much but it was not always like this. businessmen, entrepreneurs, tycoons and ceo's were not always the leaders. This world used to be a difficult place for a lot of people, tribes ect. people were poor, barely had a place to live and died of diseases. Tribes would have to hunt, some tribes such as the osage tribe was forced to leave their land and exchange it for a smaller place. The osage tribe, were originated from missouri around 1673. they were an…

1. The impact of the development of agriculture did so create a void in the Native American community. They were harbored out of the land they occupied in order for settlers to expand and began harvesting. These Native Americans, in the process, lost their homes and lives fighting in this battle. Some were paid for the land they occupied but some were forced violently to remove themselves from the grounds. 2. The Hopi, Zuni , Pueblos, and Navajo indians some of those that emerged north of…

John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, a piece of American literature set during the Great Depression, chronicles the story of the Joads, a family that is forced out of their land and lose everything they've worked for. Despite the hardships that the migrants must go through, Steinbeck, through the words and actions of his characters, portrays how human resilience and strength can come out during a crisis. From the start of Joads' journey to the end, Steinbeck conveys all of the difficult…

The killers of the crops and economy, the Dust Bowl and Great Depression carry the hardships of the itinerant farmers, uprooting them West. In The Grapes of Wrath, Steinbeck captures the need of strength of the American migrant families to face their depressing reality. Throughout the novel, Tom Joad develops into the speaker for the American movement as he learns the importance of unity through Jim Casy. At the beginning of the novel, Tom Joad represents an individualist, but eventually…

Pioneer Living Conditions in Nineteenth Century Nebraska As depicted in “My Antonia,” many people of the Nebraskan frontier lived in sod houses. Most sod houses had dirt floors while others had wooden planks or carpet. Temperatures in these houses were comfortable year-round because the thick, soil and grass walls kept heat in during the winter and out during the summer. There were persistent issues that came with living in sod houses, such as perpetual dirtiness and roof leaks, but for most,…

“robot,” man will be separated from the land and feel nothing when wrecking it. Further emphasizing a shift in mentality, when the migrants embark on their journeys, their “thought[s] and [their] worr[ies] were not anymore with rainfall, with wind and dust, with the thrust of the crops. Eyes watched the tires, ears listened to the clattering motors, and minds struggled with oil” (Steinbeck 268). As opposed to being on the farm where nature ruled, the journey is now primarily influenced by how…