Grapes of Wrath 2
The historical play "The Grapes of Wrath" has been turned into a movie and is acclaimed by some people to be a classic. There are many themes going on in the play "The Grapes of Wrath." Deciding which theme to grasp a hold of can be very difficult, but I have decided to focus on the Joad family as a unit and adapting to their circumstances. The purpose of this paper will be to show how the play "The Grapes of Wrath", by Frank Galati, demonstrates how when a family comes together as one, anything can be accomplished. Complementing this ideal I will explore the concept that the Joads progressed from a concern only for themselves and their own personal welfare to a concern for all the people in the world. They did this by changing their way of thinking and through their actions. Finally, this paper will explore how the larger family unit of the migrant people replaced the Joads smaller family unit. The Joad family's journey to California results in the breakup of their family. The very first cause of the breakup of the individual family was with the loss of their land. The Joad family had lived there for many generations and had very strong ties to the land. Losing their land was equivalent to losing their family
they lose their first family member, Grampa Joad. This shows that there is a strong connection between a man and his home. Grampa's great longing for his homeland ultimately resulted in his death. there is a circle of life, that the death of one may bring life to another, as shown in the end when Rose of Sharon feeds her breast milk for her dead baby to a dying man. Ma's way of thinking is also explained on the John Ford web-site, who was the director for the film the Grapes of Wrath. He states her character best by saying "The film has a far more upbeat finale, as Ma Joad urges her family on with a stirring curtain speech: "Can't wipe us out. Can't lick us. We'll go on forever. 'Cause we're the people." John Ford realized that Ma Joads' character was going through this shift in thinking and changed the ending of his film. Through many struggles and multiple losses, the Joad family endured many nearly impossible situations. In the beginning we had a family that was out to get rich for themselves, and in the end we have a family trying to survive. Their dreams were crushed and the family was torn apart. The Joad family lost their farm and was forced into a society that was very unfamiliar. They had to adapt from being one individual family to a world family of many other people in their situation. In the
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Approximate Word count = 886
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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