Lit. Devices
"Men of property were terrified for their property. Men who had never been hungry saw the eyes of the hungry. Men who had never wanted anything very much saw the flare of want in the eyes of the migrants." This quote is an example of what literary device?
Anaphora
How do the great owners keep labor prices low?
Competition between workers
Steinbeck's remark that "the anger began to ferment" brings to mind which chapter
Chapter 25
Economic exploitation
What quantity of land is associated with the migrants.
40 acres
"The fields were fruitful, and starving men moved the roads" is an example of
Juxtaposition
Why did the people of the west wish to keep the migrants away?
Feared them taking their jobs, thought of them as thieves and degenerates.
Chapter 7 and 21 both show this group exploiting migrants
Who are businessmen
"And money that might have gone to wages went for gas, for guns, for agents and spies, for blacklists, for drilling." What theme does this quote demonstrate.
Flawed economy/deprioritization of poor
This insulting term was used to describe the migrants.
Okies
"The great companies did not know that the line between hunger and anger is a thin line." What rhetorical device does this quote demonstrate?
Foreshadowing
What are the resources the little farmers exhaust when they lose their farms?
Their credit, their friends, and their relatives.
What disease are poor children afflicted by in Chapters 21 and 25 due to malnutrition?
Pellagra
"No-the stars are close and dear and I have joined the brotherhood of the worlds. And everything's holy-everything, even me" What concept/theme is this quote describing
Oversoul
These four activities serve as a distraction for migrants in chapter 23 at the camps.
Music, religion, drinking, stories
In chapter 21, what is the most prevalent rhetorical device used in the chapter.
Repetition
Chapter 23 is dedicated to the migrants search of
Pleasure
Despite their financial situations, the children in chapter 15 and the migrants of chapter 23 seek what?
Pleasure
What two themes are best represented by the scene in chapter 23 where a man watches a movie and retells the store to his companions?
Survival and the oversoul
What "new method" do the great owners in Chapter 21 develop to gain even more profit.
Canneries