John Steinbeck's main technique his writing is in portrayed in the settings. He uses animals, climate, and weather to symbolize the points he tries to make in The Grapes of Wrath. ... The settings in John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath was crucial to the story and symbolic of the hardships and oppression suffered by migrant laborers during the Great Depression. ... It was the setting and the climate in Oklahoma that caused the family's trials to begin. It was the setting and the climate in California that prevented the end to their destitution. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinback speaks of the ongoing tirade hovering over the never-ending cycle of unemployment, and the quest for stability, independence, and happiness. ... Some of the books found in the "Literary Canon" are not exactly famous with teenagers or high school students, but The Grapes of Wrath does not present itself in this way. ... The Grapes of Wrath shows the troubles an average family from the middle class suffered. ... Therefore, the forms of sadness in The Grapes of Wrath have changed into one not recognized by most. ... The Grapes of Wrath is a complete book...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Novel: The Grapes of Wrath Author: John Steinbeck Entry for: Part 3, Chapter 22 "There was color in the light now, a reddish gleam the image of the mountain and the light coming over it were reflected in their eyes" (Steinbeck 397). ... The scene of a sun setting can convey a cheery mood. ... Then the first tendrils of the grapes swelling from the old gnarled vines, cascade down to cover the trunks" (Steinbeck 473). ...

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The Grapes of Wrath has been difficult for me to read. ... If Steinbeck did that, The Grapes of Wrath would be much easier to read; his prose is so precise and powerful that he could tell a subtle tale effectively. ... But Steinbeck did not write Grapes as pure fiction. ... He begins the book with a description of the dust bowl, setting up a chain of events about which he does not refrain from commenting. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath, the author uses setting, characterization combined with theme, and symbolism to communicate his message. ... In his descriptive opening setting, Steinbeck emphasizes the power of nature in the lives of the people. ... Steinbeck artfully uses the literary elements of setting, characterization, theme, and symbolism to paint a picture of the land and the homesteaders of Oklahoma who are forced by the evil bank to leave their home. ... The direct characterization by the use of the characters" down to earth dialogue is amusing and effective, while settin...

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• Grade Level: High School

Throughout John Steinbeck's novel The Grapes of Wrath, Steinbeck develops a protagonist, which in turn helps to develop the theme that people's greatest strength lies in numbers. ... In using the setting of the Dust Bowl era and the great migration to the west, the author's views can be presented. ...

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Steinbeck grew up in Salinas Valley, a rich agricultural area of Monterey County and the setting of many of his works, where he learned firsthand of the difficulties of farm laborers. ... Steinbeck turned to filmmaking after the film success of The Grapes of Wrath. ... (griolers) The works of Steinbeck The Grapes of Wrath (1939) by U.S. novelist John Steinbeck is one of the most powerful chronicles in American literature of the Depression of the 1930s. ... Groliers new encylopidea Benson, Jackson T., The True Adventures of John Steinbeck, Writer: A Biography (1990); DeMott, R., ed., Working Da...

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• Grade Level: High School

One of the most prominent aspects of his greater works were the setting. ... He made the setting of the book his boyhood home of the Salinas Valley. ... The Grapes of Wrath is widely known as Steinbeck's great masterpiece. ... To research for this book, "In 1937 Steinbeck made a trek from OK to CA in order to write some articles This trip with the migrant workers inspired Steinbeck to write Grapes of Wrath" (Davis, 75) Grapes of Wrath represents the high point in Steinbeck's career and is also known as his last of his great California books. ... He used this ability to write m...

• Word Count: 1379
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

One of the most prominent aspects of his greater works were the setting. ... He made the setting of the book his boyhood home of the Salinas Valley. ... The Grapes of Wrath is widely known as Steinbeck's great masterpiece. ... To research for this book, "In 1937 Steinbeck made a trek from OK to CA in order to write some articles This trip with the migrant workers inspired Steinbeck to write Grapes of Wrath" (Davis, 75) Grapes of Wrath represents the high point in Steinbeck's career and is also known as his last of his great California books. ... He used this ability to write m...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Setting: 1930's, Oklahoma and California 2. ... Plot: In the beginning of the "The Grapes of Wrath," Tom Joad gets released from prison after four years for killing another man. ... Grampa agrees and says that when they get there, he will fill his mouth full of grapes. ... Reaction: The Grapes of Wrath was surprisingly an interesting book. ...

• Word Count: 1415
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• Grade Level: High School

His works are based upon the issues of the time and setting. His novels "The Grapes of Wrath" and "Of Mice and Men" are cored around migrant farm workers in California that are affected by the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. ... Steinbeck won the Pulitzer Prize in 1940 for his novel, "The Grapes of Wrath". ... This hardship is seen in "The Grapes of Wrath". ... "The Grapes of Wrath" is a reflection of what life was like on the west coast of America during the 1930's. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Grapes of Wrath, Chapters 1-11: 5 out of 8 questions 1.What does the setting of the opening scene suggest about the rest of the novel? What does it suggest about family structure? The opening scene suggests that the Dust Bowl would have a major impact on the lives of the farmers and their famil...

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• Grade Level: High School

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck all have social problem involving the main character. ... Watson's big nigger, named Jim, was setting in the kitchen door, we could see him pretty clear". ... In The Grapes of Wrath, Steinbeck's specific writing style allow him to display his views of society through certain characters while yearning to modify the cruel, unjust society Americans live in. ... Steinbeck portrays the plight of the migrant Joad family from Oklahoma to California in search...

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Description of Topic: Should the Bible be used as a text of reference in an educational setting? ... This essay will bring to light the numerous reasons why the Bible should be referenced and used in an education setting in an education setting. ... This essay's primary focus will be to show why the Bible is a credible text that should continue to be used in educational settings for the continued benefit of further learning for the student. ... They should be allowed to learn why the pledge says "one nation, under God," why the constitution quotes the Bible, and to understand b...

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He made his native region of Monterey Bay the setting for most of his fictional novels. ... Among these were, Of Mice And Men, The Red Pony, and the book that he is best known for, The Grapes Of Wrath, which had an impact compared to Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In his article "Dust Bowl Blues", Peter Monro Jack says that The Grapes of Wrath is written in "superb style, one marvelous short story after another, and all melting into this long novel of the great trek." ... The first chapter sketches the setting before actually introducing the characters. The setting actually describes the characters and their personalities. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

" In Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, a novel that constantly achieved tremendous success, two migrant farmhands wish to live out on the farms of California's Salinas Valley, a setting that Steinbeck uses a lot in his work (John Steinbeck 19). John Steinbeck is best known for his argumentative Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Grapes of Wrath (1939) (John Steinbeck 19). ... " John Steinbeck wrote intensely about the struggles of itinerant workers in three successive novels: In Dubious Battle (1936), Of Mice and Men (1937), and The Grapes of Wrath (1939) (Moss 34). ...

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• Has Bibliography

Born in Salinas, California in 1902, Steinbeck grew up about 25 miles from the Pacific Coast, a location that would serve as the setting for some of his best novels. ... The three novels published at this point in Steinbeck's career were In Dubious Battle (1936), Of Mice and Men (1937), and his ever-famous The Grapes of Wrath (1939). After the best-selling success of The Grapes of Wrath, Steinbeck went to Mexico to collect marine life with the freelance biologist Edward F. ... Published 1975 The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights published in 1976 and finally Working Days: The Jour...

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• Grade Level: High School

Setting: The book starts out in Oklahoma, during the Dust Bowl of the 1930's. The ground is very dry and there is no work for the farmers. It seems nearly like a desert the way the author portrays it. The Joads find themselves in a Hooverville, or a run down shantytown, a government camp, which...

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• Grade Level: High School

"The Depression brought a massive influx of hopeful refugees to California from elsewhere in the United States, including 300,000 new agricultural workers--the people of John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath. ... The selection of the setting is perfect with the city of Los Angeles being the city of dreams; its close proximity to the Salinas River and the town of Soledad makes it evident that Steinbeck intentionally placed the novel here. With Soledad meaning solitude or loneliness in English, the state of the characters was taken into consideration with the setting. ...

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Setting can be described as the time and place in which an event occurs. ... The setting in The Grapes of Wrath allows the reader to see the poor conditions in the dust bowl that the Joad family was forced to live and the opportunities they had in California; however, they were unable to obtain them. ...

• Word Count: 1889
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• Grade Level: High School

Life Before Man: Novel Summary and Research Plot Summary A) As Margaret Atwood's Life Before Man begins, the reader is introduced to the initial characters Elizabeth, her husband Nate and their children Janet and Nancy. The reader is also familiarized with Chris, Elizabeth's former lover who h...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School