The Grapes of Wrath

1. The Grapes of Wrath Displacement in America

2. Displacement • Watch this scene: • Based off of this scene, what can you tell about these people? Answer in complete sentences and address the following: • Speech (how they speak) • Situation (what is going on with them?) • Relationships (What roles do they have in the family?) • Appearance (Are they wealthy, poor? How can you tell?) • How do you feel about them and why? • What else can you tell me about them?

3. Displacement • Questions for video clip: “Struggle for Immigrants” 1) What top three things do these men value? 2) How do these men feel? 3) How would their wives feel? 4) What do these men struggle with?

4. Displacement • Remember a time your family struggled with trying to earn enough money to get by. 1) What events made money tight? 2) How did the experience affect the relationships between your family members? 3) How did the stress and hardship affect the way your parents treated you and your siblings? 4) How did you feel?

5. Displacement • Now, read or discuss your answers within your group. Feel free to comment or ask questions after the reader finishes. • As a class, discuss.

6. The Grapes of Wrath Take out a piece of paper What do you know about personification? a comparison, give animal and non living noun human traits,

7. The Grapes of Wrath Literary Terms Allusion: a reference to, or representation of, people, places, events, literary work, myths, or works of art, either directly or by implication Personification: a figure of speech in which abstractions, animals, ideas, and inanimate objects are endowed with human form, character, traits, or sensibilities. Archetype: a typical, ideal, or classic example of something. In literature, archetypes relate to a “type” of character, especially Jesus! Juxtaposition: Using two themes, characters, images, phrases, words, or situations together for comparisonand contrast.

8. The Grapes of Wrath Literary Terms Personification: a figure of speech in which abstractions, animals, ideas, and inanimate objects are endowed with human form, character, traits, or sensibilities. Go outside, and write a description of the quad, comparing the setting to a beautiful woman or man. “The soft skin of the grass shined in the warm hug of the sun. The benches rose from the ground like teeth. The strands of wind brushed against my skin like beautiful hair. Dirt scarred the lawn.”

9. The Grapes of Wrath Go outside, and write a description of the quad, comparing the setting to a beautiful woman or man. USE lots of similes and metaphors. Describe the following Quad items in a loving way: Grass Sky Trees Use the following human items: Skin, hair, teeth, eyes. “The soft skin of the grass shined in the warm hug of the sun. The benches rose from the ground like teeth. The strands of wind brushed against my skin like beautiful hair. Dirt scarred the lawn.”

10. The Grapes of Wrath Literary Terms Personification: a figure of speech in which abstractions, animals, ideas, and inanimate objects are endowed with human form, character, traits, or sensibilities. Write a group annotation, IN PAIRS, of personification being used in the first chapter. Reference the text. Cite an example. How can you use it in your own work?

11. The Grapes of Wrath • Take out The Grapes of Wrath • Turn to page 3 (Chapter 1)

12. The Grapes of Wrath • Work in pairs. • Mark at least four examples of personification in chapter 1. • I will go over the first few. • I will call on you for points.

13. The Grapes of Wrath • You have one minute. • Assume you are John Steinbeck, writing this novel. Why would you want to personify mother nature, the earth? What are you trying to persuade the reader of?

14. The Grapes of Wrath • Personification • What features of the turtle, according to the author, can easily transfer to some of the characters in this novel?

15. Archetypes typical specimen: a typical, ideal, or classic example of something

16. Archetypal Characters • Hero • Rebel • Gentle Giant • Holy Child • Sinning Preacher • Flawed Hero

17. Hero

18. Rebel

19. Gentle Giant

20. Holy Child

21. Sinning Preacher

22. Birmingham Student…remember some archetypes you know.1) Class Clown2) Jock3) The Gentle Giant

23. The Grapes of Wrath • What is “The Human Spirit?”

24. The Grapes of Wrath • Where do you see examples of “The Human Spirit?”

25. The Grapes of Wrath Take out a piece of paper

26. The Grapes of Wrath 1. Take out your Grapes of Wrath notes. 2. Turn to the following pages Period 1 and 4 Hardcover: Turn to page 25, middle of page Paperback: Turn to page 26, middle of page “Joad said, ‘Hi. It’s hotter’n hell on the road.’”

27. The Grapes of Wrath Recap: what has happened in this chapter (4)? You have one minute. Work with a partner.

28. The Grapes of Wrath Copy down the essay prompt below: 5 Page Essay Question: What does American history reveal about the effects of displacement on the displaced, and those who receive the displaced? Use When the Emperor Was Divine and The Grapes of Wrath to support your answer.

29. The Grapes of Wrath 5 Page Essay Question: What does American history reveal about the effects of displacement on the displaced, and those who receive the displaced? Use When the Emperor Was Divine and The Grapes of Wrath to support your answer. What moments can you use, so far, as evidence for a thesis? (Hint: Loneliness, spiritual life etc). Speak with a partner. You have 3 minutes.

30. The Grapes of Wrath Take out a piece of paper. Label it, “Grapes of Wrath Quotes”

31. The Grapes of Wrath 5 Page Essay Question: What does American history reveal about the effects of displacement on the displaced, and those who receive the displaced? Use When the Emperor Was Divine and The Grapes of Wrath to support your answer. You have 10 minutes. Find two quotes you can potentially use.

32. The Grapes of Wrath Use terms such as (Copy these words down.): • Alienation Diaspora (Phat word) • Dehumanization • Grace • The Human Spirit • History • Discrimination • Race • Class • Identity • Culture • Fatalism • Past • Assimilation

33. The Grapes of Wrath (notes) • Title: Allusions to the bible, of justice and grace from God’s wrath. The grapes are what the struggling farmers harvested. The dust bowl, the great depression were all “god’s wrath.” • Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord:
He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored;
He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword:
His truth is marching on. • Revelation 14:19–20 • And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.

34. Questions: • In pairs, write down a question for each line of tension. • 3 Types of “questions” or “lines of tension.” • Short (question is asked, then answered in same chapter, maybe even same page.) • Medium (question is asked, then answered in a few chapters, maybe even the middle of the book). • Long (question is asked and answered at end of the Novel. Usually includes death or marriage!)

35. The Grapes of Wrath • Distance and point of view: • What is the point of view used? (1st, 2nd or 3rd?) • Is it distant or close? (Close means you are right in the character’s head, in her most intimate thoughts. Distant means you don’t even know the character’s name—like Julie Otsuka’s characters. Mythic quality using this p

36. The Grapes of Wrath-Chapter 5 Period 1 and 4 Hardcover: Turn to page 47 Paperback: Turn to page 49 “At noon the tractor driver…”

37. The Grapes of Wrath-Chapter 3 • What the hell is up with the turtle chapters? • Personification • What features of the turtle, according to the author, can easily transfer to some of the characters in this novel? • Juxtaposition • What type of scene comes before and after the turtle chapters? Analyze Steinbeck’s move: In pairs: why would Steinbeck write these random (or are they random?) turtle scenes when this book is about people? Or are people and animals actually part of the same story, the same struggle? Nature and man? As one? What are you DOING, Steinbeck? Why don’t you just tell the STORY!

38. The Grapes of Wrath-Chapter 3 • What the hell is up with the turtle chapters? • Find any description of nature that somehow mirrors the type of people you are meeting in this novel. • Work in pairs. • I will call on you for points.

39. The Grapes of Wrath Chapter 4 • “Set up” chapter. Answer short line questions from chapter 2, and drops new questions. • Introduces characters through story: Ma, pa, uncle John, Grampa. Some are “crazy bastards”(40) and drunkards. In other words, utterly human, utterly love. • By storytelling, we get a preview of the type of characters we are about to encounter. Builds anticipation. • Read page 38 to class. • In groups, share same type of mythic stories about your own family (10 minutes). Then choose your favorite story out of the group and share with class. • We are reading a universal story. We all experience the same triumph and travail.

40. The Grapes of Wrath Chapter 4 • If your son was dying of hunger, would you steal food to help him survive? • What is “right” or “wrong?”

41. The Grapes of Wrath Chapter 4 • Jim Casey: Conditions of the time stripped this holy man of his religion. • “The sperit ain’t in the people much no more; and worse’n that, the sperit ain’t in me no more (27) • Displacement of his people left him isolated, alienated (For Essay!) • No longer is a preacher…which means that displacement in America caused what, spiritually? • What is the difference between holy/divine love and human love? Is there a difference? (Something to do with…judgment?) • Share with a partner. • I will call on you.

42. The Grapes of Wrath Chapter 4 • What’s the antonym for “alienation” (hint…Father Boyle from Home Boy Industries). • ”Maybe,’ I figgered, ‘maybe it’s all men an’ all women we love; maybe that’s the Holy Sperit—the human sperit—the whole shebang. Maybe all men got one big soul ever’body’s a part of.’ Now I sat there thinkin’ it, an’ all of a suddent—I knew it. I knew it so deep down that it was true, and I still know it.” (32-33) • What did displacement in America force this preacher to believe? • Talk with a partner. • I will call on you

43. The Grapes of Wrath Chapter 4 In groups, write down one belief that you accept: Example: “YOLO.” Things happen for a reason. True love hurts etc.

44. The Grapes of Wrath Chapter 4 • What is the difference between holy/divine love and human love? Is there a difference? • Page 93, JC: “’You know,’ he said, ‘it’s a nice thing not bein’ a preacher no more. Nobody use’ ta tell stories when I was there, or if they did, I couldn’ laugh. An’ I couldn’ cuss. Now I cuss all I want, any time I want, an’ it does a fella good to cuss if he wants to. • In this instance, how did religion separate JC from his people? How did organized religion cause a split? • What’s your opinion? Should religion not allow preachers to practice what his fellow brothers and sisters are living?

45. The Grapes of Wrath Chapter 4 • “There ain’t no sin and there ain’t no virture. There’s just stuff people do. It’s all part of the same thing…I love people so much I’m fit to bust, sometimes..An Jesus. I know a bunch of stories, but I only love people.” 32 • What type of beliefs does preacher Casy have based on what he says on page 31-32? Do you agree with him?

46. “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” – Walt Whitman It avails not, neither time or place—distance avails not;   20 I am with you, you men and women of a generation, or ever so many generations hence; I project myself—also I return—I am with you, and know how it is. Just as you feel when you look on the river and sky, so I felt; Just as any of you is one of a living crowd, I was one of a crowd; Just as you are refresh’d by the gladness of the river and the bright flow, I was refresh’d;   25 Just as you stand and lean on the rail, yet hurry with the swift current, I stood, yet was hurried; Just as you look on the numberless masts of ships, and the thick-stem’d pipes of steamboats, I look’d. • How is this passage related to the human spirit? “The whole shebang?” (You MUST reference this text with your answer). • Speak with a partner. • I will call on you.

47. The Grapes of Wrath Chapter 4 Read “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry.” “Maybe all men got one big soul ever’body’s a part of.” • Find one passage from “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” that shows kinship, the same spirit as the passage above. • Work with a partner. • You have 2 minutes.

48. The Grapes of Wrath Chapter 4 What is an allusion?(Or intertextuality)

49. The Grapes of Wrath Chapter 4 Read “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry.” “Maybe all men got one big soul ever’body’s a part of.” • As John Steinbeck, what techniques can you use to capture this spirit of “EVERYBODY” in your book? • Steinbeck will show us through chapter 5, so take a peak at Chapter 5. • You have 5 minutes.

50. The Grapes of Wrath Chapter 4 • Luke 15:11-32 • Parable of the Prodigal Son • Painting by Pompeo Batoni • 1773