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. Furthermore, the essay argues that the environment either helps or impedes the novel's characters, which according to the book, can be solved by collaboration.

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