1. a book by john steinbeck that's called "the most american of american classics" and yet still manages to carry the theme of marxism through the entire story.
basically a long rant about politics/economy in the 1930's on 2. the odd numbered chapters. the rest is the story of a family. the events that occur are not in any way pieced together by the end of the book and leave the reader feeling empty and confused. the only worthwhile chapter is chapter 25.
basically a long rant about politics/economy in the 1930's on 2. the odd numbered chapters. the rest is the story of a family. the events that occur are not in any way pieced together by the end of the book and leave the reader feeling empty and confused. the only worthwhile chapter is chapter 25.
1.
-government camps run entirely by the people
-the rich manipulate the poor
-talks about all of the horrible things that come with industrialization
-hints at a revolution and how it is inevitable when the poor get angry (see chapter 19)
-the owners call the migrants "reds"
-negative view of capitalism and its effects
2. "Burn coffee for fuel in the ships. Burn corn to keep warm, it makes a hot fire. Dump potatoes in the rivers and place guards along the banks to keep the hungry people from fishing them out. Slaughter the pigs and bury them, and let the putrescence drip down into the earth.
There is a crime here that goes beyond denunciation. There is a sorrow here that weeping cannot symbolize. There is a failure here that topples all our success. The fertile earth, the straight tree rows, the sturdy trunks, and the ripe fruit. And children dying of pellagra must die because a profit cannot be taken from an orange. And coroners must fill in the certificates--died of malnutrition--because the food must rot, must be forced to rot.
The people come with nets to fish for potatoes in the river, and the guards hold them back; they come in rattling cars to get the dumped oranges, but the kerosene is sprayed. And they stand still and watch the potatoes float by, listen to the screaming pigs being killed in a ditch and covered with quicklime, watch the mountains of oranges slop down to a putrefying ooze; and in the eyes of the people there is a failure; and in the eyes of the hungry there is a growing wrath. In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage."
-chapter 25, best chapter in the book
-government camps run entirely by the people
-the rich manipulate the poor
-talks about all of the horrible things that come with industrialization
-hints at a revolution and how it is inevitable when the poor get angry (see chapter 19)
-the owners call the migrants "reds"
-negative view of capitalism and its effects
2. "Burn coffee for fuel in the ships. Burn corn to keep warm, it makes a hot fire. Dump potatoes in the rivers and place guards along the banks to keep the hungry people from fishing them out. Slaughter the pigs and bury them, and let the putrescence drip down into the earth.
There is a crime here that goes beyond denunciation. There is a sorrow here that weeping cannot symbolize. There is a failure here that topples all our success. The fertile earth, the straight tree rows, the sturdy trunks, and the ripe fruit. And children dying of pellagra must die because a profit cannot be taken from an orange. And coroners must fill in the certificates--died of malnutrition--because the food must rot, must be forced to rot.
The people come with nets to fish for potatoes in the river, and the guards hold them back; they come in rattling cars to get the dumped oranges, but the kerosene is sprayed. And they stand still and watch the potatoes float by, listen to the screaming pigs being killed in a ditch and covered with quicklime, watch the mountains of oranges slop down to a putrefying ooze; and in the eyes of the people there is a failure; and in the eyes of the hungry there is a growing wrath. In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage."
-chapter 25, best chapter in the book
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A Drink considered by some to be the king of all drinks. Created over 1.25 billion years ago by satin in a plot to distract GOD and steal the throne of heaven,the devil made the first Pale Riders Wrath. During the war for all creation, the drink was spilled in to a black hole and the recipe was banished to a place what would one day be called Philadelphia, in hopes that it would never be found. The Drink was discovered in the year 1776 by two bartenders working near Independence Hall. Using the recipe penned in blood the two men recreated the Pale Riders Wrath and served it to the Second Continental Congress, who would send along with the Declaration of Independence, a dirty letter to the queen written by a very drunk and horny Ben Franklin, witch is what really started the Revolutionary War.
Ben Franklin to Thomas Jefferson," Just mail it, come on, it will be so dam funny.
Thomas Jefferson to Ben Franklin, Taking a swig of the Pale Riders Wrath " yea, OK,..... who are you?......., never mind, yea I'll send it, but I'm adding a picture of my pecker for the lulz!
One year latter,
Thomas Jefferson to Ben Franklin, I thought we sent a nice letter, King George sends an Army, Why?
Ben Franklin to Thomas Jefferson, " we sent a letter?........... Dam you Pale Rider's Wrath!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thomas Jefferson to Ben Franklin, Taking a swig of the Pale Riders Wrath " yea, OK,..... who are you?......., never mind, yea I'll send it, but I'm adding a picture of my pecker for the lulz!
One year latter,
Thomas Jefferson to Ben Franklin, I thought we sent a nice letter, King George sends an Army, Why?
Ben Franklin to Thomas Jefferson, " we sent a letter?........... Dam you Pale Rider's Wrath!!!!!!!!!!!!
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