Connie leaves his wife and thus becomes a cliched irresponsible man but again those do exist. Noah is the “weird” one and he definitely reminded me of myself when I was younger so I definitely sympathized with him along with Tom the most. Definitely some of the deepest lines of dialogue came from him and I was devastated that he had to die.Īl is annoying as this womanizer but again those young men exist. His monologues were powerful, his questioning of faith felt very deep and complex and he is a very difficult, complex person. He did not have those great moments the rest did, but still his problems were fairly well explored.
Uncle John always talks about being immoral as he had a troubling history with prostitutes and alcohol. He is not as well developed, but still his story felt heartbreaking. The father himself lost all hope and thus his wife takes charge. She is a fighter, a wonderful mother and ultimately a terrific case for the power of matriarchy. It is odd that Steinbeck portrayed such an especially strong, admirable woman when he did just the opposite in ‘Of Mice and Men’, but I was thankful for that as she is the one who holds the entire family together, fights for the family and literally makes almost all of the decisions for them. The mother, never named here, is actually the finest character in the book, the one which felt the most alive and the most real. Speaking of the devil, I just loved her character. But then again, he is still the responsible one in his family and the conversations between him and his mother were some of the best talks in the book. I have a strong sense of morality and justice and thus I really connected and sympathized with his character.
I loved the exploration of wrath in his character and how sometimes people are just driven to commit crimes against their will. I really rooted for them which is again a testament to how strongly he imagined these people. He painted them so well and some of the finest passages came when the entire family was together. They behaved and felt like a family, not a glorified one, but a realistic and still very strong family. The Joads are just such a wonderful family. Let’s comment on those lovely characters. What he lacks in said artistry, he more them compensates with a strong craft, a great knack for realism and especially creating extremely well realized, complex and real characters. However, I have an issue with that as they make it seem that it did not deserve its Nobel Prize for Literature when it really did deserve it in spades. Some say that John Steinbeck’s prose relied not enough on artistry and surely the descriptive passages are mostly rare here. I love those moves, but this is the reality and it is one very harsh, terrible reality. I am interested in this time period very much and I have to say that reading this book felt like taking a cold, hard-hitting punch that I needed to take as Hollywood movies from the thirties make it seem that the era was fun and wonderful. It is about a family from Oklahoma who are driven from their home and take a long, perilous trip to California and along the way looking for jobs constantly and meeting tragedies. Repression works only to strengthen and knit the repressed “ “And the little screaming fact that sounds through all history: It is regarded as one of the best books ever written and I thoroughly agree with that statement. The Grapes of Wrath is a 1939 realist novel written by John Steinbeck.
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