The “Grapes of Wrath” (Steinbeck, 1939) (1), written by Nobel Laureate John Steinbeck in 1939, is a classic portrait of the effects of the Great Depression, specifically told through the travels of the Joad family in 1933 as they transition from their failed tenant farm in Oklahoma to seeking a new life in the “land of milk and honey”, California. Steinbeck shows us in detailed ways how individuals are moved by economic forces. He graphically depicts how seemingly impersonal economic forces tragically
society/coercion-state binary opposition, in order to characterise two qualitatively distinct geographical zones of West and East. The fourth assumption argues that Gramsci’s concept of hegemony is indifferent to its class content. Both as a term of theoretical analysis and as a political strategy, this ‘consensual power’ is valid for proletarian and bourgeois
Into the Rabbit Hole; A Literary Analysis on John Steinbeck and His Novel, Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck is a world renowned author with over 30 books that have inspired many through his realistic and truthful characters. With more than thousands of copies sold, John Steinbeck is truly an honored and well known author. Of Mice and Men, one of his books, brings attention to our own moralities and social sins through the tough and heartbreaking story of George and Lennie, two men who struggle to
experiences of African Americans, Hispanics, women, and even children during this economic cataclysm. Now literary scholar Laura Hapke has enriched our understanding of women's experiences during the Great Depression with Daughters of the Great Depression: Women, Work, and Fiction in the American 1930s. Examining a wide range of popular fiction produced during the 1930s, Hapke looks at the literary and cultural depictions of homemakers and wage-earning women. She looks at the works of radical and leftist