When the Joad's stop at a gas station their dog runs into the highways and is instantly hit by a car, however, no one seems to really care. Do you guys think people back in those days didn't value their animals as much as we did? Or do you think they weren't really attached to their dog? And even so, why didn't the sight of the dog getting killed not make the Joad's sad? Is it perhaps that people during that time were desensitized by death?
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Monday, April 16, 2007
That poor dog...
When the Joad's stop at a gas station their dog runs into the highways and is instantly hit by a car, however, no one seems to really care. Do you guys think people back in those days didn't value their animals as much as we did? Or do you think they weren't really attached to their dog? And even so, why didn't the sight of the dog getting killed not make the Joad's sad? Is it perhaps that people during that time were desensitized by death?
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I think that they didn't care about the dog, but recognized that it was useful. Therefore they didn't want it to die a slow death, but didn't care if it got hit by a car.
I don't know why the Joads were not sad when their dog got hit by the car. I would be devastated. Maybe back then people weren't as attached to their pets, or it could've just been the Joads. Either way, this part was extremely sad.
BOOO HOOOOO !!!! that was soooooooo sad....(tear)....(regaining composure) yeah that was probably just showing that people couldn't get attached too many things during that time in their lives.
The dog's death really adds to the mood of the story. Almost every single major event has bent the standards of today's society backwards, and has created like a chaos that hovers over the story. The Joads just carry on no matter what because that have no choice. It was really sad though.
I dont think that the Joads did not care about the dog, I mean they cared enough to take it with them. But in the whole scheme of things the dog's death was not very important. They were on a very diffcult trip to California and they did not have the time or the energy to worry about the dog's death. They could not do anything about the dog's death so they just had to continue on.
It's not that the dog wasn't important to the family. It's just that the dog was one more mouth to feed, one more item to carry, and one more thing to worry about. Now the Joads only have eleven people to worry about. I see it as a blessing, actually.
who cares? its a dog, they are useless...just one more thing to feed.
Back in those days, they thought of dogs more as a commodity than a pet. For hunting and stuff. But they weren't happy that he died. They were sad, but the way they were raised, they just think of it as something that was inevitable, nothing could be done. You could see the same thing when the grandfather died, though on a bit of a larger scale.
I *sob* was devastated by the death of the dog *sob*. As an animal lover, I was really angry at Steinbeck for doing this. *Sob* And then the kids just sat there and watched it die. How sad... The whole thing sucked.
I agree with courtney, the dog was just another mouth to feed. Also if you remember correctly they left the other two dogs behind so they couldn't have been that extremely important to the Joads.
I don't think its a matter of importance. The Joads right now are facing a life and death situation. Right now losing the dog might actually be a relief. It's one less thing to worry about, one less mouth to feed, and I'm sure that if it came down to a dog and one of their kids eating, they would gladly kill the dog and eat it. These were desperate people. We have no idea the hardships that these people faced. I doubt many if any of us have ever wondered where our next meal would come from or fear what is around every corner.
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