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Wednesday, November 6, 2013
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Exploration 8
Last few chapters of the book still shows the Joad family unable to catch a break with challenges and obstacles. Rose of Sharon proved herself at the very ending helping another family. Ma still continues to stay strong even after having to let Tom leave. Their thrive to survive and continue is unreal and amazing. Strongest family I would say. Even though they still have hardships its nothing they can't handle.
What we can learn is that unity build strong bonds that help dealing with situations easier. Joad family is nothing but loyalty and and hard work. Even though they don't have the best of luck, their hard work pays off helping them be able to stick together. For our future and country, this novel can teach us that even in our darkest times we can come out as long everyone puts effort and is fair to one another.
What we can learn is that unity build strong bonds that help dealing with situations easier. Joad family is nothing but loyalty and and hard work. Even though they don't have the best of luck, their hard work pays off helping them be able to stick together. For our future and country, this novel can teach us that even in our darkest times we can come out as long everyone puts effort and is fair to one another.
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Exploration 8
I think the future of the Joad's will be a rough road, but with saying that I also think that things can only get that much worse before they get better. In my idealistic fantasy the family will all find each other and live happily ever after. The realistic side of me thinks that the family has been broken apart and every one will take there separate paths. That's the point of Steinbeck leaving the ending ambiguous it's up to the reader to project the future of the family we have been on a long journey with. I think the ending of the book left me a little underwhelmed, because I expected for there be some kind of resolve. But I think that the ending with Rose of Sharon and the old man is a metaphor for the the entire book it just wasn't blatant. With the death of her child she is giving life to the man which illustrates the theme of the life cycle and survival.
I think there were countless lessons to be learned throughout the novel that can be applied to today's society. One of them being the importance of the treatment of our nations citizens. The novel highlights an abundance of issues that are still reflected in todays society; poverty, government vs. citizen relations, and violence. The true test of a book is if it transcends its time and is relevant years later. This book is a teaching tool because we should take this book as a warning to not repeat all of the issues highlighted in the book.
I think there were countless lessons to be learned throughout the novel that can be applied to today's society. One of them being the importance of the treatment of our nations citizens. The novel highlights an abundance of issues that are still reflected in todays society; poverty, government vs. citizen relations, and violence. The true test of a book is if it transcends its time and is relevant years later. This book is a teaching tool because we should take this book as a warning to not repeat all of the issues highlighted in the book.
Monday, November 4, 2013
Exploration Eight
I interpret the book's ending as Steinbeck reinforcing what was said by Ma earlier. There are no families, just people coming together, that's what being poor has done to the Joads/all of the Okies. Rose of Sharon's act at the end has two meanins. Literally, she's saving the life of the man by giving up her breast milk - sort of like she's taking care of her baby. But on the other hand, Rose of Sharon's act represents something greater - Steinbeck is reinforcing that the poor will survive through tribulation because they know what it's like to have nothing, and therefore they share everything. Rose of Sharon's looking away mysteriously is meant to make the readers think, it's meant to make debate, bring about thought. To me, the whole situation made me smile because Rose of Sharon has come full circle in the novel - she's changed. It made me satisfied, because Steinbeck's points were all tied together - the Okies survive because they're one in the same.
We can learn from The Grapes of Wrath countless life lessons. Each chapter has its own lessons that are just subtle enough to be considered a story. Steinbeck does a marvelous job at concealing these lessons enough for the reader to immerse in the story - but still take away the lessons. I think the most important thing to take away from the book is the idea that people unite under bad situations. When problems arise, government or no 'government', people will overcome obstacles for the bigger better deal. It would be well to remember the Joads because they embody virtually every niche one could fit in, in the American family. The Joads are characters everyone can relate to in one way or another, they're people we know, without knowing. When we go into their shoes, we see the way to get past obstacles.
I interpret the book's ending as Steinbeck reinforcing what was said by Ma earlier. There are no families, just people coming together, that's what being poor has done to the Joads/all of the Okies. Rose of Sharon's act at the end has two meanins. Literally, she's saving the life of the man by giving up her breast milk - sort of like she's taking care of her baby. But on the other hand, Rose of Sharon's act represents something greater - Steinbeck is reinforcing that the poor will survive through tribulation because they know what it's like to have nothing, and therefore they share everything. Rose of Sharon's looking away mysteriously is meant to make the readers think, it's meant to make debate, bring about thought. To me, the whole situation made me smile because Rose of Sharon has come full circle in the novel - she's changed. It made me satisfied, because Steinbeck's points were all tied together - the Okies survive because they're one in the same.
We can learn from The Grapes of Wrath countless life lessons. Each chapter has its own lessons that are just subtle enough to be considered a story. Steinbeck does a marvelous job at concealing these lessons enough for the reader to immerse in the story - but still take away the lessons. I think the most important thing to take away from the book is the idea that people unite under bad situations. When problems arise, government or no 'government', people will overcome obstacles for the bigger better deal. It would be well to remember the Joads because they embody virtually every niche one could fit in, in the American family. The Joads are characters everyone can relate to in one way or another, they're people we know, without knowing. When we go into their shoes, we see the way to get past obstacles.
Exploration 8
1. The ending of the book shows how the family was distraught but yet has the will power to continue to survive and help lift up others. Ma Joad's actions saves the family and puts them in a barn to help save a sick man. Rose of Sharon's actions are what saves a mans life and a young boys father and keeps a small family together. It shows that during tough times the few strong and heroic people in the world will go through desperate measures to help others and themselves. Her smile is showing how she is happy that she could help but mysterious because of the act she is doing to help someone.
2. The book ends with the Joad's still facing a rough road ahead. The family has so far handled every challenge with strength and will power to get what they need to survive. They will survive by doing whatever is necessary to do so. We leave them in a barn with a sick man and Rose of Sharon showing her true heroic self.
2. The book ends with the Joad's still facing a rough road ahead. The family has so far handled every challenge with strength and will power to get what they need to survive. They will survive by doing whatever is necessary to do so. We leave them in a barn with a sick man and Rose of Sharon showing her true heroic self.
exploration 8
2. I think that the future will not be good for the Joad family, they are broken up now. Since Al got married i think he will want to leave the rest of the group and raise his child somewhere else. I do not think that Tom will make it much longer trying to lead the people. He will probably get in a situation like casy was in and will be killed once he starts making progress and getting people organized. With the men gone I don't think that the Joads that are left will be able to work enough to support them selves and since the truck was flooded and probably ruined they will be stuck there until they die. Since there was so much rain it will be rough farming that year, but the next season will be better, if the Joads can make it to the next farm season, they might make it.
3. We should remember the Joads, because they taught us that family is the most important thing, they also taught us that with hard work many things can be accomplished. If people today were as tough as the Joads, and as hard of workers we might not have suffered the "great recession" and i think that people today would be a lot better off if they stuck together like the joads.
3. We should remember the Joads, because they taught us that family is the most important thing, they also taught us that with hard work many things can be accomplished. If people today were as tough as the Joads, and as hard of workers we might not have suffered the "great recession" and i think that people today would be a lot better off if they stuck together like the joads.
Exploration 8
2. The Joads will go through more obstacles in their life and some might be harder then others but they have gone through so much already. I believe that they will find peace in there lives soon for their future because of the amount of pain they have gone through as a family is what made them stronger. I see a bright future ahead for the Joads, they might have the whole family all back together as one big happy family as it was at one time.
3. Their is many things I learned from this novel and the Joads were the ones who showed it, that's why I'll always remember them in The Grapes of Wrath. They showed us not giving up, hope for better, stick together as a family no matter what, and help people in need. The Joads no doubt about it went through a lot they lost everything, had no money and they were starving at times too. They never gave up though they kept working hard pushing their selves to the limit. We sometimes need to do that not give up when things get hard we got to push our selves more because that's the only way we can have a better and stronger America. People in The Grapes of Wrath didn't have much hope at sometimes but they kept trying and we should have better hope for our country and not let our future be a scary or bad place for the next generation. We all got to work together as the people did in the novel we should all watch each others back no matter what I think if we did that then we would all feel more closer as a country.
3. Their is many things I learned from this novel and the Joads were the ones who showed it, that's why I'll always remember them in The Grapes of Wrath. They showed us not giving up, hope for better, stick together as a family no matter what, and help people in need. The Joads no doubt about it went through a lot they lost everything, had no money and they were starving at times too. They never gave up though they kept working hard pushing their selves to the limit. We sometimes need to do that not give up when things get hard we got to push our selves more because that's the only way we can have a better and stronger America. People in The Grapes of Wrath didn't have much hope at sometimes but they kept trying and we should have better hope for our country and not let our future be a scary or bad place for the next generation. We all got to work together as the people did in the novel we should all watch each others back no matter what I think if we did that then we would all feel more closer as a country.
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