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  2. In Dubious Battle study guide contains a biography of John Steinbeck, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis. In Dubious Battle literature essays are academic essays for citation.

  3. Plot summary. In Dubious Battle deals with a fruit-workers' strike in a California valley and the attempts of labor unions to organize, lead, and provide for the striking pickers. Jim Nolan meets Harry Nilson who initiates Jim's application process to become the newest member of the Party.

    • John Ernst Steinbeck
    • 270
    • 1936
    • 1936
  4. Plot Summary. Between the classic novels Tortilla Flat and Of Mice and Men, American author and Pulitzer Prize winner John Steinbeck published In Dubious Battle in 1936. The main character is an activist for an unnamed political organization, the Party, which likely represents either the American Communist Party or the Industrial Workers of the ...

  5. John Steinbeck. Summary. In Dubious Battle is a classic novel by American author John Steinbeck, published in 1936. Set in the apple orchards of rural California, the novel follows the story of a migrant worker's strike and the attempt of 'the party' (an unnamed representation of the American Communist Party or a similar organisation) to ...

  6. Summary. PDF Cite. Jim Nolan’s father is a working man brought to his death by the blows of police clubs and pistol butts. As a youngster, Jim witnesses both his father’s courage and his despair....

  7. In Dubious Battle Summary. Back. More. How It All Goes Down. Jim Nolan, a young man with nothing left to lose, abandons his boarding house room and makes his way to the office of Harry Nilson, recruiter for the Communist Party.

  8. Synopsis. In Dubious Battle tells the story of young Jim Nolan, who in discovering his purpose in life, aids in initiating a strike by migrant workers against landowners during apple growing season in central California.

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