What is the purpose of their talk about taking girls to the grass?????!!
I think it has something to do with the sins of humanity, but is there more to it than just talk?
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I think they talked about the preacher's sin so that they could talk about Joad's sin (you know, the whole killing a man thing?). I also think the author just wanted to be anti-Christian. Authors love to do that lol.
Is the talk about Joad's father and his uncle in regards to pork (pg 41) some kind of foreshadowing?? Like about how Joad's father is going to not do something that he regrets later?
I think that the preacher represents the dilemma of being a human. He is supposedly "holy", but he sins worse than most people.
I think part of the talk is designed to show that even people who are looked up to in the community can make mistakes. As for taking girls to the grass...well...some people are just extremely creepy like that. lol jk. But I think that Steinbeck just needed a sin for the preacher to committ and that there isn't any real significance to it.
I agree with ekl. He and Joad are talking about their sins and Joad seems to grin and just be like oh well, but the old preacher just can't stop talking about how bad what he did was. They were doing the same things though
haven't made up my mind really...i guess the author wanted to show that everyone makes mistakes no matter how horrible.
I know it was important to talk about Tom's sin and his past, but the description the preacher gave was quite lengthy for a sin with no 'real significance'.
I do agree with alibama, the pork has to do with foreshadowing.
What was the sin with 'no importance' Bella was talking about?
I was talking about what froggieprincess had said about the preacher's sin.
i sort of agree w/ alibama that steinbeck just wanted to be anti-christian. i think he was trying to point out the hypocrisy of the church. the preacher kept wondering how girls "so full of the holy spirit" could do something sinful like "laying in the grass." maybe steinbeck was trying to say that they ever were filled with the holy spirit in the first place, but led astray but hypocritical preachers...
I agree with Froggie Princess that it is supposed to show that most anybody can make mistakes, even holy people. Now with the whole taking the girls into the grass, froggie princess, you're right, he is just way creepy.
I think it was to show how alike everyone is, in the sense that everyone sins and it isn't always bad.
I disagree, Blackjack. It's really creepy and weird. I agree with Dream Crusher about pointing out the hypocrisy of the church.
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