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Essay Instructions: The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinback
Question
John Steinback said in his acceptance speech when he won The Pulitzer Prize for this novel that, "The writer is charged with exposing our many grievous faults and failures for the purpose of improvement...Furthermore, the writer is delegated to declare and celebrate Man's proven capacity for greatness of heart and spirit- for gallantry in defeat, and for courage, compassion and love."
How does Steinback both expose our faults and celebrate Man's proven capacity for heart and spirit in this novel?

Should be in the format of a theis statement with three supporting parargrahs and then a conclusion paragraph.

Essay Instructions: The Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck, please pick three of these questions to answer and write in detail the response. Make sure to quote anything used from the text and use a minimum of three in each response. Please notate it with (p. XX). Please even do this for unquoted material, if it is still information taken from the text. The responses need to be between 300 and 400 words. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

1. What does Steinbeck accomplish by alternating his chapters about the Joads with chapters dealing with the social, economic, and geographical background of the novel?
2. Are the styles and the language of the novel suitable to its subject matter? Do you think that Steinbeck’s language, in trying to report the actual speech of the characters, is so realistic that it becomes offensive? Explain his probable reasons for using such language.
3. How does the conversations between Tom Joad and Casy in chapter 4 being to give the theme of the novel?
4. Account for the strength of a woman like Ma Joad. Where does her strength come from? Cite references from the novel to show how she holds the family together.
5. In chapter 8, what does Casy’s pray contribute to the story? What reaction does the reader have to it? What function is Casy performing in the novel?
6. What difference feelings toward the land are shown in chapter 12? How does the contrast of attitudes emphasized the theme of the novel?
7. How does the death of Grandpa Joad lead to the discovery by the other members of the family of basic human rights?

Essay Instructions: General Requirements: I need a 9-page, double spaced, typed Research Essay, with a minimum of 8 secondary sources. The topic for my Research Essay is "THE GRAPES OF WRATH". (The Grapes of Wrath is unique for its use of interchapters. Through the course of the novel these interchapters fall into distinct categories). WHAT I NEED: Specifically, I need to identify and explain at least three of these categories and their contribution to the overall novel.
I need a 3 paragraph Introduction, approximately 2 pages long. The 1st paragraph should be designed to be informative
(i.e. give some relevant biographical information about the author, John Steinbeck). The 2nd paragraph establishs the topic (i.e. identify and explain categories of the interchapters). The 3rd paragraph establishes the thesis statement. Talk about several characters: Tom Joad, Ma Joad, and Jim Casy. Of course, I need the Body (approximately 6 pages), and also, the Conclusion (approx. 1 page).

References: (1) The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
(2) Modern Critical Interpretations: John Steinbeck's, The Grapes of Wrath, Edited by Harold Bloom
(3) Twentieth Century Interpretations: The Grapes of Wrath, edited by Robert Con Davis
(4) Critical Essays on The Grapes of Wrath, edited by John Ditsky
(5) John Steinbeck, by Warren French
(6) The Grapes of Wrath: Trouble in the Promised Land, by Louis Owens
(7) New Essays on The Grapes of Wrath, edited by David Wtatt

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Essay Instructions: I am required to read the entire novel "The Grapes of Wrath"
Also "An American Primer" pp. 862-870
The assignment is:
Steinbeck chronicled the plight of samll farmers in the 1930's in his powerful novel "The Grapes of Wrath." Examinging the chapters Steinbeck called "Pace changers" (Chapters 1,3,5,7,9,11,12,14,15,17,19 and so on) and the chapters dealing with the Joad family's exodus from Oklahoma to California (Chapters 2,4,6,8,10,13,16, and so on),find ways in which Roosevelt's speech responded to the needs of the people in 1933 and throughout the rest of the thirties.