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1、The Grapes of Wrath,-by John Steinbeck,Outline,Author Background Plot Characters Themes Writing Technique,John Steinbeck (1902-1968),Life Experiences Works and Style Evaluation,Life Experiences,Born: 1902, Salinas, California Father: a government official Mother: school teacher reading British and F
2、rench classics Stanford University, left without a degree in 1925 various types of jobs, such as farm laborer, seaman, newspaper reporter, bricklayer, migratory fruit-picker being a professional writer with his fathers support,a significant Depression writer, miserable life of the poor, a gleam of h
3、ope; from radical to conservative In 1943, Steinbeck served as a World War II war correspondent. In 1962, Steinbeck won the Nobel Prize for literature. In 1967, he went to Vietnam to report on the war there. In 1968, he passed away in New York City. National Steinbeck Center in Salinas, California,M
4、ajor Works,Cup of Gold (1929) 金杯 Tortilla Flat (1935) 煎饼坪 In Dubious Battle (1936) 胜负未决的战斗 Of Mice and Men (1937) 人与鼠 The Grapes of Wrath (1939) 愤怒的葡萄,California novels Dustbowl trilogy,The Moon Is Down (1942) 月落 Cannery Row (1945) 罐头厂街 The Pearl (1947) 珍珠 East of Eden (1952) 伊甸园以东 The Winter of Our
5、 Discontent (1961) 烦恼的冬天 Travels with Charley (1962) 同查利旅行,Writing Style,metaphorical languages significance of memory careful choice of words, lavish description, true-to-the -heart portrayal of people short sentences, prophetic and powerful tone,Evaluation-Nobel Prize,for his “realistic and imagin
6、ative writing, combining as it does sympathetic humor and keen social perception.“ “通过现实主义的、寓于想象的创作，表现出富于同情的幽默和对社会的敏感观察。”,Steinbeck Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech,“I hold that a writer who does not believe in the perfectibility of man has no dedication nor any membership in literature.”,TEM-8,Who is
7、the author of the work: “The Grapes of Wrath“? AJohn Steinbeck BEugene ONeil CFScott Fitzgerald DTheodore Dreiser,A,The following writers were awarded Nobel Prize for literature except_ AWilliam Faulkner BFScott Fitzgerald CJohn Steinbeck DErnest Hemingway,B,Background,No.43 史文露,Social background:,
8、A period of economic disaster and physical wasteland The Great Depression (Oct. 24.1929),During the early 1930s, a severe drought led to massive agricultural failure in parts of the southern Great Plains, particularly throughout western Oklahoma and the Texas panhandle.,Dust bowl Map showing the maj
9、or damage in 1932,Dust Storm Approaching Texas,The Great Depression in 1930s The Wall Street crash in Oct.24, 1929, “the bottom dropped of the stock market”,banks failed,factories closed,agriculture withered,jobless millions roamed the street,the breadless stretch long,absolute poverty and struggled
10、 for survival,Hobo with bindle-stiff (home-made back pack) that carries all his possessions,Major Features of the 1930s Literature,Content: Social involvement and concern about the society Technique: The revival of naturalism and realism in addition to the influence of modernism,Plot,No.2 檀结霞,Ruthie
11、 Joad,Tom Joad,Ma & Pa,Jim Casy,Al Joad,Rose of Sharon,Connie Rivers,Noah Joad,friend,son,son,son,husband,Introduction of the Major Characters,daughter,daughter,the Joads,The Grapes of Wrath Plot Analysis, The land is changing Tom is paroled from prison for homicide. On his way home, he meets Jim Ca
12、sy, a former preacher and the two travel together. When they arrive at his childhood farm home, Oklahoma, they find it deserted.,Theres been a drought, rampant dust storms Crops are dead, the economy is weak, and landowners must kick tenant farmers (like the Joads) off of the land.,The Grapes of Wra
13、th Plot Analysis,.The Joads must move westward. The Joads buy a used car and move west, like thousands of other families, in search of a new life, a new home, and new opportunity.,The Grapes of Wrath Plot Analysis, .California is not all that. They lose four members of the family. Over thousands of
14、people have moved to California, all looking for the same thing: jobs. The Joads cant find any jobs and cant settle down. They are hungry, tired.,The Grapes of Wrath Plot Analysis,.Tom kills a man. Tom is reunited with Jim Casy, who has become an “agitator“ , fighting for worker rights. The authorit
15、ies murder Casy, and Tom kills one of the authorities and has to go into hiding .,The Grapes of Wrath Plot Analysis,.Tom runs away, the Joads escape Ruthie reveals Toms wheraabouts accidentally Ma finds Tom and sends him away. Tom heads off to fulfill Jims task of organizing the migrant workers. Ros
16、e of Sharon gives birth to a stillborn baby . The floodwaters continue to rise, The Joads leave their boxcar in search of higher and dryer ground.,The Grapes of Wrath Plot Analysis,.A dying man is nursed. Rose of Sharon nurses a man too sick from starvation to eat solid food with her milk.,Characters,Jim Casy Tom Joad Ma Joad,No.11 林坤蓉,Ma Joad,an ordinary housewife,stocky, hardworking, obedient,
