Grapes Of Wrath
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15 February 2015 Many years ago author, John Steinbeck wrote a novel known as
The Grapes of Wrath.
The novel was published on April 14, 1939.
The Grapes of Wrath is about the Joad family and their trip to California to try to find a better life than they had in Oklahoma. Through the writing of the novel John Steinbeck fulfills the role of an artist according to James Baldwin. James
Baldwin wrote “The Creative Process” in 1962. Baldwin 's essay describes an author 's role and what is needed to fulfill that role. The two pieces of literature are connected through The Great
Depression era. During The Great Depression many families struggled to find what they needed to survive, Baldwin and Steinbeck 's writings both showed that in order to get issues fixed than they need to make it out there for the public to see. The public needs to see that they need to take action to make society a better place. In his theme of dehumanization, Steinbeck fulfills his role of an artist according to James Baldwin. Steinbeck describes dehumanization through the way the police treat the family, the mistreatment of the jobseekers, and the harsh treatment singled out to the people who are trying to make a better living in California.
John Steinbeck portrays the theme of dehumanization through the treatment of the men and women throughout the book that are looking for jobs. In the novel finding a job wasn 't easy and when the travelers asked they would be treated as if they were animals. John Steinbeck picks up the theme of dehumanization in the seen where the men go into the store and talk to the
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employees and ask for the possibility of getting a job. The employee states "So you 're lookin ' for work. What ya think ever 'body else is lookin ' for? Di 'monds? What you think I wore my ass down to a nub lookin ' for?" (Steinbeck 312). The quote describes the employees treating the workers as if they were
Lexi Pic
Jones
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15 February 2015 Many years ago author, John Steinbeck wrote a novel known as
The Grapes of Wrath.
The novel was published on April 14, 1939.
The Grapes of Wrath is about the Joad family and their trip to California to try to find a better life than they had in Oklahoma. Through the writing of the novel John Steinbeck fulfills the role of an artist according to James Baldwin. James
Baldwin wrote “The Creative Process” in 1962. Baldwin 's essay describes an author 's role and what is needed to fulfill that role. The two pieces of literature are connected through The Great
Depression era. During The Great Depression many families struggled to find what they needed to survive, Baldwin and Steinbeck 's writings both showed that in order to get issues fixed than they need to make it out there for the public to see. The public needs to see that they need to take action to make society a better place. In his theme of dehumanization, Steinbeck fulfills his role of an artist according to James Baldwin. Steinbeck describes dehumanization through the way the police treat the family, the mistreatment of the jobseekers, and the harsh treatment singled out to the people who are trying to make a better living in California.
John Steinbeck portrays the theme of dehumanization through the treatment of the men and women throughout the book that are looking for jobs. In the novel finding a job wasn 't easy and when the travelers asked they would be treated as if they were animals. John Steinbeck picks up the theme of dehumanization in the seen where the men go into the store and talk to the
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employees and ask for the possibility of getting a job. The employee states "So you 're lookin ' for work. What ya think ever 'body else is lookin ' for? Di 'monds? What you think I wore my ass down to a nub lookin ' for?" (Steinbeck 312). The quote describes the employees treating the workers as if they were
Cited: Steinbeck, John. The Grapes of Wrath . N.p.: n.p., n.d. Print.