Excerpt From 'The Grapes Of Wrath'
geography -
-London [pg 1]
-narrow, crooked, dirty streets where Canty lived [pg 2]
-was also called Offal Court in Pudding Lane; full of poor families [pg 2]
-they had a fleet on the Thames river [pg 36]
-fleet travelled from Walbrook channel to Bucklersbury [pg 37]
economics -
-poor were beggars
-"The morrow must we pay two pennies to him that owns this hole; two pennies, mark ye-all this money for a half-year's rent, else out of this we go. Show what thou'st gathered with thy lazy begging." (44) [pg 26]
-Tom had a dream in a meadow and a dwarf told him to shovel in a certain spot weekly for 12 pennies
-”Another secretary began to read a preamble concerning the expenses of the late King's household, which had amounted to 28,000 pounds during the …show more content…
-all the courtiers had treated Tom with respect and passed him his clothes one by one in the mornings [pg 53]
-when Tom called off the death sentence to the man accused of poisoning, he was looked upon as intelligent and they admired him [pg 65]
history -
-Tom was meant to reign after the king [pg 17]
-prince of wales/edward tudor was a real person
government -
-Tom’s father and grandmother beat him when he came home empty handed; mother made sure he didn’t starve and ended up getting herself beat by her husband [pg 3]
-strict law/penalty against beggars [pg 3]
-men burned at stake [pg 3]
-military parades to take prisoners to the Tower [pg 3]
-the prince contemplated punishment for Tom’s grandmother after she had beaten him [pg 7]
-beheading of the premier peer of England/Duke of Norfolk appointed [pg 28]
-Tom Canty basically became a usurper claiming the throne over the Prince [pg 36]
-Edward planned to declare him an imposter and have him ‘hanged, drawn, quartered’; treason [pg 36]
-Lord Mayor & Fathers of the City, magnates; Gog and Magog(ancient guardians of the city) [pg 37]
-"The King's will is law" [pg 17]
-Edward almost killed for ‘pretending to be the prince’ even though he actually was the prince [pg
-London [pg 1]
-narrow, crooked, dirty streets where Canty lived [pg 2]
-was also called Offal Court in Pudding Lane; full of poor families [pg 2]
-they had a fleet on the Thames river [pg 36]
-fleet travelled from Walbrook channel to Bucklersbury [pg 37]
economics -
-poor were beggars
-"The morrow must we pay two pennies to him that owns this hole; two pennies, mark ye-all this money for a half-year's rent, else out of this we go. Show what thou'st gathered with thy lazy begging." (44) [pg 26]
-Tom had a dream in a meadow and a dwarf told him to shovel in a certain spot weekly for 12 pennies
-”Another secretary began to read a preamble concerning the expenses of the late King's household, which had amounted to 28,000 pounds during the …show more content…
-all the courtiers had treated Tom with respect and passed him his clothes one by one in the mornings [pg 53]
-when Tom called off the death sentence to the man accused of poisoning, he was looked upon as intelligent and they admired him [pg 65]
history -
-Tom was meant to reign after the king [pg 17]
-prince of wales/edward tudor was a real person
government -
-Tom’s father and grandmother beat him when he came home empty handed; mother made sure he didn’t starve and ended up getting herself beat by her husband [pg 3]
-strict law/penalty against beggars [pg 3]
-men burned at stake [pg 3]
-military parades to take prisoners to the Tower [pg 3]
-the prince contemplated punishment for Tom’s grandmother after she had beaten him [pg 7]
-beheading of the premier peer of England/Duke of Norfolk appointed [pg 28]
-Tom Canty basically became a usurper claiming the throne over the Prince [pg 36]
-Edward planned to declare him an imposter and have him ‘hanged, drawn, quartered’; treason [pg 36]
-Lord Mayor & Fathers of the City, magnates; Gog and Magog(ancient guardians of the city) [pg 37]
-"The King's will is law" [pg 17]
-Edward almost killed for ‘pretending to be the prince’ even though he actually was the prince [pg