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The Grapes of Wrath 2
Title: The Grapes of Wrath 2
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 1826 | Pages: 7.8 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Grapes of Wrath 2
Type of Work:
Social / political criticism
Setting
Oklahoma and California; 1930s
Principal Characters
Tod Joad, a recent parolee in his mid-twenties
Ma and Pa Joad, a strong, middle-aged Oklahoma couple
Noah Joad, their strange eldest son
Al, their wild sixteen-year-old
Rose of Sharon, eldest Joad daughter, married and pregnant
Gramma and Grampa Joad, an earthy old couple
Jim Casy, a preacher and, later, a labor agitator
Other Joad children
Story Overview
As Tom Joad hitchhiked …showed first 75 words of 1826 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1826 total…it can be argued that even through all of the appallingly harsh events the load family endures, the book promotes optimism; a "milk-of-human-kindness" theme; a journey from "drought and despair" that ends in "water and hope." Though capricious nature - and human nature can not always be depended upon to alleviate human misery, Rose's act of mercy symbolizes the need for all of us to develop within ourselves a genuine responsibility and compassion for each other.
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