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Grapes...
This your forum for discussion. Although I will toss in questions, I will expect you to be the main contributors to the blog. You are expected to post and comment at least twice (1x each) every time we are in the lab as a class. Naturally, you are required to keep comments germane to the novel and to treat your classmates' opinions with respect. Have fun.
Grapes...
Grapevines
- Rage-The Ghost of Tom Joad
- Save this link--it will be part of a writing prom
- Battle Hymn of the Republic
- Comic - Steinback stuck on the Title Page
- Migrant Labor Camp Photographs
- Big Rock
- "Dusty Old Dust"
- Guthrie lyrics
- Dust Bowl Refugee
- Dust Bowl Era Footage
- Songs to Lighten the Mood
- Blowing Down The Dusty Old Road
- Al Capone's Photo Gallery
- children + depression = sadness!
- Kelsey's Photos
- Vanessa's link
- Running from the Dust
- Pictures From the Dust Bowl Era by Dorthea Lange
- Helpful Guide to Book
- Dorothea Lange pictures
- A Depression Art Gallery
- Dust Bowl Slide Show o.O
- Depression Photo Essay
- A site about Woody Guthrie
- Dust Storm Disaster Lyrics
- Dust Can't Kill Me
- Dust Bowl Migration
- #4
- Everything you need to know and more
- #2
- Excerpts from "The Dust Bowl, Men, Dirt and Depression"
- dustbowl pics
- "Tom Joad" by Woody Guthrie
- Pictures From the Dust Bowl Taken by Dorthea Lange
- Actual Dust Storm Footage From The Dustbowl Era
Assignments and Reading
- Done by Friday
- Chapter 28 by May 2
- Final Projects due May 21
- Gaia or Gaea. Look them up. Think about it.
- Through chapter 25 by April 30
- Through 22 by Friday, April 27
- While you are on the computer today, look up myth of Antaeus.
- Through 21 by April 25
- Through 19 by April 23
- Add a link
- Through chapter 13 by Monday, April 17
- Chapters 6-8 for April 9
5 comments:
Well, one site said that every time Antaeus got thrown down he got stronger. So, maybe every time the Joads have a hardship it makes them stronger???? That's all I could think of.
Very good point. You may be onto something there.
Well, when (I forgot who) was trying to comfort Ma, she said that she was going to fall apart. So how could that be getting stronger?
well, i don't remember who posted the latest question, but they pretty much answered your question, ana. antaeus was a giant who gained his strength from the earth (who was actually the goddess who was his mother). he was always wanting to wrestle ppl, and he always won b/c the earth gave him power. then good old hercules came along and figured out his secrete. hercules held antaeus off the ground until his strength drained away and then killed him. so i think steinbeck is using the myth as a way to reinforce how the people are nothing without the land. they whither and die without its strength, just like the grandparents did.
Wow. Manda Panda, you basically just said it all. The myth is obviously symbolic (as everything else is in the novel). Whether it is referring to the land or the journey as a whole, this era was one of struggles, and through the difficult times the family has not completely fallen apart. This may be a sign that the family will only become stronger on the way to California.
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