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Mar 31, 2002 · With Hitler rising in Europe, Communism would enjoy a brief respite from the American demonology. The movie won Oscars for best director and best actress (Jane Darwell as Ma Joad) and was nominated for five others, including best actor ( Henry Fonda) and best picture (it lost to Hitchcock's "Rebecca").
The Grapes of Wrath. John Steinbeck. 4.01. 911,157 ratings24,258 reviews. The Pulitzer Prize-winning epic of the Great Depression, a book that galvanized—and sometimes outraged—millions of readers.
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What I look for in literature is subtlety and nuance, hints rather than hammer-blows, ambiguity, a sense of the mystery of life and human beings. The Grapes of Wrathis filled with hammer-blows and a clear-cut delineation between the good (the Okies) and the bad (Californians, in general, particularly the rich and the police). As the Joads are told ...
As an idealistic teenager in the 1960s, this stuff seemed clear and honest truth-speaking. After all, there was something saintly about so many of the characters — from Ma, to Tom, to Jim Casy, the former preacher who becomes a stand-in for Jesus, particularly in the scene in which he gives himself up to the deputies (in Tom’s place) although sinle...
Yes, the poor in the 1930s and the poor today — and, in fact, the poor throughout history — have been crushed by social, political and government systems that favor the rich. Yes, there should be more income equality. The huge wealth gap between the very rich and most of the rest of the nation’s people today is evil. Greater balance is needed. As a...
This is why, while re-reading The Grapes of Wrath, I kept finding myself getting angry at Steinbeck for writing propaganda. He’s using his high skills as a writer to Make A Point. That’s fine. This book, for the first time, brought to the consciousness of Americans the difficult lives that the Okies were living. It got people talking, debating, thi...
There was one other way he sought to shape the thinking of the average American — through fear of revolution. And also by stirring up that revolution. Often in The Grapes of Wrath, Steinbeck makes the point that all of these Okies, if only they’d unite and work together, could bust the confines around them, could grab what was rightfully (under a k...
Maybe I’m looking at this the wrong way. Maybe I should be thinking of The Grapes of Wrathas a 600-page fable. In a fable, there is good and bad and a moral. But can a fable be great literature? A fable is a method of passing along a bit of communal wisdom: Don’t sleep or the turtle will beat you. A fable is a method a culture uses to describe what...
Whether I think of The Grapes of Wrathas a fable or a novel or reportage, it’s still propaganda. And, after all my years as a journalist and now my work in writing history, I hate propaganda. Propaganda is a perversion of the truth. It looks like the truth, and, in the hands of a master such as Steinbeck, it is very convincing. But it isn’t the tru...
A potent drama that is as socially important today as when it was made, The Grapes of Wrath is affecting, moving, and deservedly considered an American classic. Read Critics Reviews. TOP...
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Jan 2, 2023 · The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck [A Review] – We Need to Talk About Books. June 17, 2021January 2, 2023 Jason. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck [A Review] The Grapes of Wrath is one of the more impactful novels of the twentieth century. Though it tells a story of a particular time and place, it has the power to transcend those ...
A stunning book. A heartfelt film. Full Review | Original Score: 4.0/4.0 | Sep 9, 2020. Mike Massie Gone With The Twins. With little action, no special effects, and plenty of straightforward...
Oct 5, 2011 · Reviews. FICTION. shop now. amazon bookshop. bookshelf. THE GRAPES OF WRATH. by John Steinbeck ‧RELEASE DATE: April 14, 1939. bookshelf. shop now. amazon bookshop. This is the sort of book that stirs one so deeply that it is almost impossible to attempt to convey the impression it leaves.
