Grapes of Wrath

Question 1

“Why you can reach out anywhere and pick an orange. Why, there’s always some kind of crop to work in.”

Answer 1

GoW Ch5 emphasising the American Dream in California, allusion of prosperity, abundance of opportunity. Ironic due to what the Joads face in California

Question 2

“Gonna get me a whole big bunch of grapes off a bush, and I’m gonna squash em on my face and let them run off my chin.”

Answer 2

Ch8 Grampa’s whimsical and childlike wonder and American Dream in California

Question 3

“The eyes of the whole family shifted back to Ma. She was the power. She had taken control.”

Answer 3

Ch16 gender roles and Ma’s matriarchal standing in the Joads, shows the resourcefulness of women through adversity in the Great Depression

Question 4

Who came up with the “oversoul” and how does it apply to GoW?

Answer 4

Emerson, applies to Casy’s: “maybe all men got one big soul” and the journey from individualism into cooperation

Question 5

“maybe all men got one big soul everybody’s a part of”

Answer 5

from the first time Jim+Tom meet, represents Casy’s humanist philosophy