PPT-The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

Honors Summer Reading Review and Quote Analysis Assignment The Dust Bowl HISTORICAL BACKGROUND Grapes Handoutpdf When Steinbeck wrote The Grapes of Wrath the United States was suffering through a severe economic depression Everywhere people lost their savings homes and means of earning a living Especially hard hit were the farming areas of the Midwest Poor farming practices had depleted the soil and it became less capable of supporting the individual families who farmed their small sections of it . 1 2 Chapter 4. “When Candy spoke they (Lennie and George) both jumped as though they had been caught doing something reprehensible.” (. 59). What had Lennie and George just been discussing?. Why might that be considered . The relationship between George and . Lennie. Learning Objective. To explore and evaluate how Steinbeck uses linguistic, grammatical, structural and presentational features to present the relationship between George and . by. John Steinbeck. John Ernst Steinbeck. B. orn Feb. 27, 1902, Salinas, California. Died Dec. 20, 1968, New York, N.Y.. John Steinbeck. Attended . Stanford University intermittently between 1920 and 1926 – no degree. Objective. To study Chapter 4 of the novel. Learning Objective: . To study Chapter 4 of the novel. The consumer goods boom did not affect all people equally. By 1929 over 50% of Americans earned less than $2000 a year, with 40% below the poverty line. . Life and Works . February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968. John Steinbeck. Born in Salinas, California.. He used this setting for many of his stories. . One of the best known and most widely read American writers of the 20. BACKGROUND. STEINBECK—HIS LIFE . AND WORKS. BORN . IN SALINAS, CALIFORNIA (1902). FIRST . THREE BOOKS WERE FINANCIAL FAILURES. FIRST . SUCCESSFUL BOOK = . TORTILLA FLAT. (1935. What was going on in America. in the early 1900’s?. http://. www.mountaintimes.com/history/1920s/world.php3. John Steinbeck. 1902-1968. Salinas, California. John Steinbeck. (1902-1968), born in Salinas, California, came from a family of moderate means. He worked his way through college at Stanford University but never graduated. In 1925 he went to New York, where he tried for a few years to establish himself as a free-lance writer, but he failed and returned to California. . Of Mice and Men. The OMAM section of the exam consists of two questions.. Part a looks at a short passage and requires detailed language analysis.. Part b refers to the text as a whole and will normally refer to a theme or character.. .. ORGE. . “anger, wrath, indignation, temper; sometimes an impulsive reaction; sometimes even a violent emotion”. THUMOS. “passion, anger, heat, anger forthwith boiling up and soon subsiding again; the rage with which a man pants and swells”. The following excerpt comes from the novella . Of Mice and Men . by John Steinbeck:. Original Quote: . “. I ought to have shot that dog myself, George, I shouldn’t ought to have let no stranger shoot my dog”. The Wrath of God. Rom 1:18. For . the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,.  . The Wrath of God. How do we know it will . Get into groups. Group 1. Alex. Brandon . Ryan. Connor. Group 2. Shane. Keith. Brett. Group . 3. Bobby. Nikki. Sam . Britany. Group 4. Samantha. Jacob. Gabi. Madison. Group 5. Rosemary. Liz. Megan. Compare your vocabulary with your group to make sure you have the correct definition. Then discuss the questions. . Romans . 2:1-16. Jesse McLaughlin. The Prosecution of Mankind. Judgment of the Self-Righteous. Romans 2:1-4. Therefore you have no excuse, everyone of you who passes judgment, for in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things. .