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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
8 comments:
I don't know. I think he's there almost as contrast. That's what he seems like to me.
I am not sure about his role, but as the book progresses, he has had to play the role of "preacher" more and more. I think that will have something to do with how the book plays out.
His role played out in chapter 20. He covered for Tom and got himself arrested. That's just about the bulk of his role--keeping Tom in the book. Because he's a preacher, you could almost say that this is a Jesus allusion (sacrificing yourself for others), but since the author seems to be anti-Christian, I doubt that...
I think that maybe, just maybe, that he will guide the family to a better life in California.
i think he's is there for lots of reasons: to comfort the family, to cover for them, but also, i think he is there as a rational voice of reason...not to mention that he is on his own personal journey, going to California, but also working out what he believes.
Seeing Casey as the sort of messiah figure, what do you guys think now about Steinbeck's religious beliefs? Do you think they're playing into this allegory, or do you think that he just put Casey in for effect and it's being interpreted as such?
So if Casey is being paralleled to Christ, is Steinbeck a Christian, or merely mocking the faith?...
I am not sure what JC's role in the book is either but I think he is there to help the family make it through their journey and is also a religious reminder to the reader throughout the book to stress the point that religion played a big part during this time in history.
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