Essays about: "the grapes of wrath"

Found 4 essays containing the words the grapes of wrath.

  1. 1. The Relationship Between Humans and the Environment in The Grapes of Wrath

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Anna Zsofia Orosz; [2022]
    Keywords : realism; realist fiction; fiction; steinbeck; naturalism; john steinbeck; the grapes of wrath; great depression; great depression literature; environmental impacts; climate fiction; socialism; communism; human agency; environment; human environment relationship;

    Abstract : The paper explores the human-environment relationship in Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. It argues that every impact on humans by the environment or by human-made objects is initially triggered by human actions. The paper questions humans' and objects' agency. READ MORE

  3. 2. A Marxist reading of John Steinbeck's The grapes of wrath: highlighting inequality issues through critical literacy in the ESL classroom

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Utbildningsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Olof Jensén; [2016]
    Keywords : The Grapes of Wrath; Marxist criticism; critical literacy; CLP; ESL; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This essay explores how a critical reading of the novel The Grapes of Wrath (1939) can inform teachers when discussing inequality issues in the ESL classroom. The main questions being investigated are how the novel The Grapes of Wrath reveals oppressive and unequal power relationships, and how a critical reading of the novel can be used when teaching and informing others about inequality. READ MORE

  4. 3. Grapes of Wrath : A burden of liquor carried by farm workers - a heritage borne by children

    University essay from Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper, KV

    Author : Jannie Jensen; [2012]
    Keywords : Alcohol; Agriculture; Children; Coloured; Dop System; Farm Workers; Foetal Alcohol Syndrome; Paternalism; Post-Apartheid; Race; Shebeens; South Africa; Western Cape Province; Wine Industry; Women on Farms Project.;

    Abstract : The thesis deals with the difficulties concerning alcohol use and misuse among Coloured farm workers within the heart of the wine industry in South Africa. The current extent of alcohol use and misuse in the rural areas of the Western Cape Province is commonly referred to as the legacy of the dop system. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Broken Dream : The Failure of the American Dream in The Grapes of Wrath from a Caste and Class perspective

    University essay from Institutionen för språk och litteratur, SOL

    Author : Therése Johansson; [2010]
    Keywords : John Steinbeck; The American Dream; The Joad Family; Social classes; Freedom; Equality; Individualism; Family; Ideal Home.;

    Abstract : The paper aims to investigate the failure of the American Dream in the novel The Grapes of Wrath and the factors that affect it. Thus, the thesis of the paper is that it is the classes and castes of Californian that prevent the Joad family from fulfilling the American Dream. READ MORE