The Grapes of Wrath - Critics

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  • The Grapes of Wrath - Critics
    • Love
      • "Rose is not a love symbol, but a survival symbol." - Steinbeck
      • "The only light we have is the light we create for ourselves by our compassion and love." - Steinbeck
    • Money and materialism
      • "In California, a fella can get a little money but nothing he wants." - Collins
    • Appearance v reality
      • "Not a promised land, but a blighted Eden." - Crockett
      • "A tale of dashed illusions and betrayed promises." - Owens
      • "[Characters are] essentially symbolic marionettes." - Kazin
    • Life and death
      • "A greater tragedy than death is a burnt-out bearing." - Cowley
    • Women
      • "During times of high unemployment... the women step in as master of the house." - Collins
      • "Ma Joad, the family's core." - Haslam
    • Masculinity
      • "The Joad family shifts from a patriarchal structure to a predominantly matriarchal one." - Motley
        • Women
          • "During times of high unemployment... the women step in as master of the house." - Collins
          • "Ma Joad, the family's core." - Haslam
      • "[Tom Joad is] a heroic figure of masculine independence." - Williamson
    • The American Dream
      • "Smashed the notions of the American Dream." - Spangler
      • "Picks apart the willful optimism of the pioneer and questions the limits of individualism." - Blades
    • Morality
      • "Dignity is all gone, and spirit turns to sullen anger before it dies." - Steinbeck
    • Social class
      • "Grapes of Wrath casts them [the Joads] as backward, barely educated, even premodern." - Gregory
      • "Praised by the left as a triumph of proletarian writing." - DeMott
    • Religion
      • "Jim Casy is a secular Jesus Christ." - Bloom
      • "[Jim Casy's] messages considerably broaden man's sense of spiritual community." - Fan
      • "Echoes the biblical journey towards Canaan." - Ownes

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