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Titill: 
  • Titill er á ensku John Steinbeck's Wrath. Human Behavior During Desperate Times
Námsstig: 
  • Bakkalár
Útdráttur: 
  • Útdráttur er á ensku

    This essay examines John Steinbeck’s novel The Grapes of Wrath and how he, as a writer, approached the subject of human behavior during desperate times. Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath was well received and immediately became a bestseller. In his novel Steinbeck explores the effects the Great Depression on human life, having researched intimately the life and situations of the economic refugees of the period. Some of most effective scenes in the novel deal with the harsh reality these people lived in. As a journalist, Steinbeck wanted to enlighten the public about the poverty and desperation people were facing. However, Steinbeck had difficulty getting his articles published so he saw that the only way to get his message across was to write a novel based on actual research and observations.
    This essay commences with historical background about the major events that eventually led to the Great Depression. The Great Depression had devastating effects not only on the economy in the United States but also worldwide. Other factors such as the droughts that plagued the Midwest for a number of years did not make the situation any easier for the small farmer. The combined effects of the economic troubles, the drought, and technical advances changed the rules for small farmers and soon they were at the mercy of the open road. The historical contextualization of this essay concludes by sketching out how Steinbeck gathered first-hand information and facts for this novel. The third and final chapter demonstrates how Steinbeck created the Joad family essentially to give the reader a chance to follow one family through the whole process that made and kept a family migrant. Steinbeck shows the importance of hope; for the Joad family, hope is the motivation that keeps the family going in the face of often insurmountable obstacles.

Samþykkt: 
  • 9.9.2014
URI: 
  • http://hdl.handle.net/1946/19637


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