Grapes of Wrath Critics Flashcards
(6 cards)
1
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P. Lisca on suffering
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“Steinbeck presents a vision of humanity bound together by shared suffering”
2
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R. Astro on the system
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‘A brutal exposure of how the system that claims to offer equality and opportunity in in fact rigged to benefit the wealthy while crushing the poor’
3
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L. Owens on destruction
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‘destruction caused by both human greed and environmental mismanagement’
4
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S. Reiss on the american dream
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‘The joads embody the crushed hopes of the American dream’
5
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G. Stewart on america
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‘The novel is a picture of America in distress, but is also a testament to the strength of human endurance’
6
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L. Gannett on GoW
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‘The most realistic and moving picture of the depression’
