It was last year when the news spread about the opportunity that lied in the wild west. You know, the land, the riches, and opportunities. Right around then my family was suffering in the south after the economy crashed, our money was completely worthless! The living was much too crowded for my taste. The thought of a better life ahead for my two young children overwhelmed me with hope. We packed our bags as fast as possible. My family was fortunate enough to afford a train ticket. Railroads first
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In our performance, we are going to be doing the story of Julio, an immigrant who has been deported from the United States seven times and has snuck back in just as many times to small Central Valley farming town. In his story, Julio relates how during one of his treks back to the States he finds himself lost and stranded in the middle of the Mojave Desert and had to survive all the way back to civilization. The audience is going to be laying down in our performance. They will be representing the
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The Dust Bowl was a major sandstorm that was caused by ripping up the grass that held the topsoil down. When this was to happen the winds picked up and caused all the topsoil to go with it causing massive clouds of sand. This Dust Bowl was bad timing because around this time the Great Depression was happening. Another cause of the Dust Bowl was drought, the topsoil was now dry and loose, any wind could pick up and bring the dirt with it. Many farmers were forced to migrate because of all the sand
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In “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien, he describes war, memory, and imagination through the coping mechanism of storytelling. He incorporates heavy symbolism in order to present his audience with the realities of war. For instance, the character Kiowa in O’Brien’s novel carried many symbolic things, both physical and abstract. O’Brien’s inclusion of physical items the soldiers carried served as an opportunity to reflect upon their individual attributes. The things Kiowa carried are indicated
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Tom Joad returns back to his Oklahoma home after serving time in the McAlester prison for homicide. Tom finds his household preparing to leave for California after the bank forces the Joad family from their land. Though the Joad family and other tenantsharecropper farmers attempt to find a person to blame (such as the tractor driver to the shareholders of the banks), they still lose their homes and are forced to make a journey westwards to California. Some members of the Joad family are reluctant
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The destruction of society Steinbeck explores the cause of greed in the society of La Paz as the result of colonial capitalism , thus through the destruction of society Steinbeck is cautioning the consequences of societal structures fundamentally based around the procurement of personal desires and therefore greed. In The Pearl, Steinbeck creates a microcosm of human interactions; these interactions form the basis of society in both the native and Spanish community, thus Steinbeck’s dysfunctional
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In the 1930’s there were lots of hardships during the Great Depression this made lots of people become unemployed. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck it is a novella released in 1937 which tells a tale of two workers named George and Lennie, who lost their old job in Soledad and are going to their new job at the ranch. Largely the ending Of Mice and Men was inevitable because of these following themes; American Dream, cruel society, particularly targeting minorities and friendships helping to build
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Ever wondered what it was like to not be able to see anything? Have you ever gone outside, and suddenly see a huge mass of dust and dirt that covered everything in sight? Most people nowadays have not heard of the Dust Bowl. The Dust Bowl was a horrific series of dust storms. This occurred around the 1930s. The Dust Bowl was a intervallic system of dust storms that changed, basically, agriculture for the worse. There was a large drought along Central America and Canada, which was a large part of
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8.(Evaluating) Decide whether Steinbeck's suggestion of labor unity in chapter 14 is to suggest a nonviolent or violent uprising against "the great owners" and defend your decision with concrete details from "The Grapes of Wrath." I think that Steinbeck is trying to get them to unify peacefully to attain a common goal. Going back to when Jim Casy said "maybe all men got one big soul ever'body's a part of," I think that Steinbeck is trying to get readers to recognize that they are not alone (pg. 24)
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Ma, Head of the Family Migrating across the country and building a new life from scratch is a terrifying experience that many families had to face throughout The Grapes of Wrath. Going through such a change in someone’s life can change them as a person. In the Joad family, Ma showed significant growth throughout the novel. She went from a behind the scenes follower to stepping into the role of head of the family. All the while she made sure that everyone was taken care of and stayed together, as
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