Symbolism In Rose Of Wrath
Literary Terms
Setting: The setting first takes place in Oklahoma in the 1930s.This is important setting because this is one of the main places of the depression era.
Characters:
A: The main characters are Tom Joad, Jim Casy, Al Joad, Ma Joad, Pa Joad, Uncle John Joad, Rose of Sharon Joad, and
Authority figures ( Roadside camp proprietors; Police).
B: Minor Characters in the story would include Grandma, and Granpa because they went along with them on the ride to Califiornia. Noah, Winfield, and Ruthie where also important because they were siblings of the joad family and help the family on the ride west. Muley Graves was in the begining of the story, but helped Tom Joad, and Jim Casy by telling Tom where his family headed to. …show more content…
The last major conflict would be when Rose of Sharon is having labor pains, and everyone is trying to help, but in the end the baby is born dead due to lack of food.
Plot Action: Its the family moving west out of Oklahoma to find work in California.
Theme: The great depression, and the dust bowl.
Symbols: The road is a symbol because it takes a great meaning when Tom gets out of prison and encounters the road ahead of him. Plus the trip west with his whole family. Bugs is another symbol. They are though the story like the grasshopper on the truck window in the truck drivers truck with Tom riding in it, he also uses bugs through out the story to get a better picture in your head. The turtle in chapter three is a symbol. Tom Joad picked up the turtle while walking home and this turtle is stubborn like the Joad family. It keep trying to push his way out of Toms jacket. This shows that is is trying to move and its stubborn ways like the other farmers and the joads being kicked off their farms.
Suspense: Suspense through the story would be the deaths of the grandparents, and their trip to california when they are approached by police. Tom fighting the police officer, and the birth of rose's
Setting: The setting first takes place in Oklahoma in the 1930s.This is important setting because this is one of the main places of the depression era.
Characters:
A: The main characters are Tom Joad, Jim Casy, Al Joad, Ma Joad, Pa Joad, Uncle John Joad, Rose of Sharon Joad, and
Authority figures ( Roadside camp proprietors; Police).
B: Minor Characters in the story would include Grandma, and Granpa because they went along with them on the ride to Califiornia. Noah, Winfield, and Ruthie where also important because they were siblings of the joad family and help the family on the ride west. Muley Graves was in the begining of the story, but helped Tom Joad, and Jim Casy by telling Tom where his family headed to. …show more content…
The last major conflict would be when Rose of Sharon is having labor pains, and everyone is trying to help, but in the end the baby is born dead due to lack of food.
Plot Action: Its the family moving west out of Oklahoma to find work in California.
Theme: The great depression, and the dust bowl.
Symbols: The road is a symbol because it takes a great meaning when Tom gets out of prison and encounters the road ahead of him. Plus the trip west with his whole family. Bugs is another symbol. They are though the story like the grasshopper on the truck window in the truck drivers truck with Tom riding in it, he also uses bugs through out the story to get a better picture in your head. The turtle in chapter three is a symbol. Tom Joad picked up the turtle while walking home and this turtle is stubborn like the Joad family. It keep trying to push his way out of Toms jacket. This shows that is is trying to move and its stubborn ways like the other farmers and the joads being kicked off their farms.
Suspense: Suspense through the story would be the deaths of the grandparents, and their trip to california when they are approached by police. Tom fighting the police officer, and the birth of rose's