Literary Lens & Quotes
What literary lens is used in Chapter 23?
Naturalism
The people of this time didn't have much, but when they did find joy they often..
played instruments
What do the migrants do on Saturday morning?
The women wash their clothes in the wash tubs, and they also force their children to take showers.
"Looked always for pleasure, dug for pleasure, manufactured pleasure.." is an example of what rhetorical device
epistrophe
What literary lens can chapter 24 be seen through?
Marxism
What is the major conflict in this chapter?
The Joads are bored with no means to entertain themselves.
Who is Huston?
Huston is the chairman of the Central Committee
How did people prepare for the dance?
How is Chapter 24 seen through that lens?
The lower class struggle of earning money and handling police cause trouble
What was the travelers go-to instrument?
Harmonica
What is wrong with the women committee?
They cannot deal with a garage fight, then ask for help from the central committee. But the central committee refuses to take the case.
In chapter 24, what did the man in the black hat tell Pa?
How is the harmonica described as significant in chapter 23?
"You can do anything with a harmonica."
What mostly motivated people to keep going when times became difficult?
Wealth and Religion
What is Tom's job at the party?
Tom's job is to watch out for the guys that are sent by cops to create chaos.
In chapter 24, who is sitting out of the dance?
Who said "theys change a-coming'. I don' know what." (Chapter 24)
Pa
If migrants had money why did their failures dull and the future fade?
They drank a lot of alcohol
Who is Tom's partner at the party?
Tom's partner is a half-Cherokee called Jule, and he loses his land because he is not full indians.
Who is Black Hat?
A fellow worker