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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
13 comments:
Yes Jim Casy's death is symbolic. It does further the Bible metaphor. Tom's reaction is also symbolic.
This is because "every character represents Jesus in Steinback's novels."
its so true bella, everyone is jesus.
but yes on the bible metaphor.
Hey Bella...that is an interesting quote...where did you get it? It might make an interesting link to post!
It is a bible metaphor!!! i'm glad i'm not the only one who caught it. think about it, Casy's initials are JC (Jesus Christ), he gave himself up for tom's sins in the first camp they were at, and then after he "reappears", he is killed for what he believes.
also, somewher on page 251, he compares himself to jesus...
I have a real issue with this. NOT EVERYONE IS JESUS. I know you were kidding, Bella. But yeah, maybe Casey is but why do we have to compare everyone in every book, short story, and essay to Jesus. Also, just because someone is a good person and does something nice, maybe it means they symbolize Glinda or Buddha, I don't know. But it always has to be Jesus...
Because we have nothing better to do with our lives.
foolkiller, why do you hate jesus?
It's not that I hate Jesus, I just hate people who don't use proper capitalization.
excuse me...why do you hate Jesus?
Think upon this....
"You don't know what you're a-doin."
~Jim Casy
Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing."
Luke 23:34
Jim Casey seemed to symbolize the overall importance of faith in everyone's lives whether it's Jesus, The Buddha, Muhammad or Glinda and Munchkins. It gave them something to anchor themselves and that's what matters.
fool killer, i don't really understand your problem. we aren't saying EVERYONE has to be jesus, just jim casy. did you miss all the references froggie princess made? and gazellia? steinbeck obviously intended for jim to be JESUS, not just any good person, or he wouldn't have gone to all the trouble of having him disappear and reappear and everything else. besides, the christ figure is a very common literary theme, so you're probably gonna need to try to just get used to it, lol.
I definately think that the death of JC is symbolic and furthers the Bible metaphor.
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