Topics for Discussion
1. Pip is an orphan boy, a blacksmith’s assistant living with his sister and her husband in a small English village. How does Pip visualize […]
Month: November 2008
Ideas for Reports and Papers
1. Dickens has been called the “novelist of childhood.” How well does he portray the child’s mind and imagination in the figure of Pip? 2. […]
Related Titles and Adaptations
Great Expectations was first made into a motion picture in 1934 by Universal Pictures. Directed by Stuart Walker and starring Jane Wyatt, Phillips Holmes, and […]
Introduction
When The Grapes of Wrath was published on March 14, 1939, it created a national sensation for its depiction of the devastating effects of the […]
John Steinbeck
novellas John Ernst Steinbeck was born on February 27, 1902, in Salinas, California. He was the third of four children, and the only son born […]
Plot Summary
A Chapters 1-11: Leaving Oklahoma The Grapes of Wrath follows the trials and tribulations of the Joad family as they leave the dust bowl of […]
Characters
A Jim Casy Jim Casy accompanies the Joad family on their journey from Oklahoma to California. He is a former preacher who has given up […]
Construction
A Point of View The novel is narrated in the third-person voice (“he”/“she”/“it”). What is particularly significant about this technique is that the point of […]
Historical Perspective
A Troubles for Farmers The story of the Joads in The Grapes of Wrath begins during the Great Depression, but troubles for American farmers had […]