An analysis of main themes in the grapes of wrath by john steinbeck
In Chapter 3, a truck driver swerves to try to kill the turtle for no apparent reason.
Meaning must come from these places, because as the book shows, all other measures of worth can be taken away by forces outside your control. Tom becomes the head of the family once they reach California. Great books give us empathy for others unlike us. The message is clear that fair wages and good working conditions will never happen on their own.
The men who own the land there hold the power, and attempt to control supply and demand so that they can get away with paying poor wages. The labor force is too large and desperate, so the farms get away with paying them too little to live on.
The land turtle that appears in an early chapter, is a metaphor… Family, Friendship, and Community Time and again in The Grapes of Wrath, Steinbeck demonstrates the profound ties and nuanced relationships that develop through kinship, friendship, and group identity.
Although the novel has not shown many deaths and sufferings of all, they are still some of the common experiences all the migrants had gone through. These are the final words of the novel: Her fingers moved gently in his hair.
Ultimately, the suffering of the Joads reflects the suffering of thousands of families traveling to California and looking for work. The Joads suffer badly in this double onslaught from nature as well as from industrialization. Citation The Grapes of Wrath Themes Themes are beliefs, ideas, and philosophical concepts that the writers share with their readers through their literary works.
Is there any solution that can be reached soon by a single, desperate human being watching their family die from the terrible conditions? Organized Labor As the farmers become aware of the injustices that they continue to endure at the hands of the corporate powers, they also realize the futility of the actions of lone individuals.