... class struggle. In the French Revolution the 1st estate (clergy) and the 2nd estate (nobles) dominated the 3rd estate (peasants). In the novel the 3rd estate would represent the migrants going to California. The greedy land owner's would represent either the 1st or the 2nd estate. The ... It resembles the early period where America was referred to as the "land of opportunity," where immigrants came to America in search of better living conditions. Similarly California was referred to in the novel as a "place of opportunity." In both circumstances the titles were not always accurate. The...

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• Grade Level: High School

... of despair. Sometimes these dreams become nightmares because of the hardships that are endured through the trials of life and society. Many immigrants from Europe coming to America in hope of prosperity and easy living found themselves in conditions that were paralleled by the conditions ... 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. ... too often shattere...

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... 1930's drove many farmers west in search for jobs and put many others on the streets. In this time of pain and suffering the Joad family in John Steinbeck's classic novel, The Grapes of Wrath, represent the families of thousands as they deal with the hardships of the depression face to face in their own adventure to California. During the 1920 ... but Ma was generous enough to give food to the starving children from around the camp (Hinton 2). This display of love and caring for others was also shown by fellow immigrants as was apparent the time a small child died and everyone tried to ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate