Chapter 15:
Summary- This chapter is set in restaurant, Mae is the waitress and the cooks name is Al. Mae likes to watch the cars go by hoping that the truckers will stop because they tip very generously. One day when two truckers arrive at the restaurant Mae starts conversing with them about all the people moving west. As she is talking to the truckers about this one of those farmers walks in with his two sons and asks for some bread. Mae was just telling the truckers that all these farmers were thieves so she tells the farmer that this isn't a grocery store and says she won't sell him the bread but Al tell hers to do it so she does. Then she sells him two pieces of candy for the boys for a penny. When the truckers see this they decided to give Mae and extra big tip.
Characters:
Mae
Al
2 Truckers
Farmer
The famers two sons
Theme:
We vs. I- Everybody is coming together because it is the only way to survive.
People vs. Molach(monster)- Everyone has to move west, without hardly any money or food, because the monster has kicked them out of there homes.
Chapter 16:
Summary- The joads and the Wilsons continue there journey, and finally reach California. Connie and Rose of Sharon discuss there plans for California, Connie plans to take night classes and work during the day and they want to buy a house for themselves but Ma, who is big on sticking together as an entire family, doesn't like this idea. The wilsons car breaks down again and tom and casey offer to stay behind and get it fixed and then meet up with the family and the men of the family agree but Ma would not allow it at all. She does not want to break up the family at all. So the family and the extended family wait behind as Tom and Al go into town to buy some parts. They arrive at a car lot where they meet a very unhappy one eyed man. He doesn't wear a patch or anything he just leaves his empty eye socket out in the open for everyone to see. They begin talking to the man about moving to california and he seems to be very sad and has given up on life in a way, tom tells him to buck up and cover his eye and go make something of his life. But the man continues to whine about his terrible life. The boys arrive back at the camp that night after getting the car fixed a lot faster then they expected. The owner of the campy tells them that they have to pay for the extra car even though the rest of there family already paid. They start conversing about there voyage to california and another man tells them that there isn't as much work as they think and then tells them that his wife and children starved to death becase they went to california and couldn't find work so he couldn't feed his family.
Characters-
Joad Family
Wilson Family
Casey
One eyed man
Camp owner
Themes:
People vs. Molach
Strength of woman- Although the decisions are all made through the men, Ma easily changes the decision because family is the most important thing to her.
Importance of family- Ma is not going to leave without her son so the family waits for them to fix the car before they leave. Also she does not want Connie and Rose of Sharon to go off and do there own thing in California because she wants the family to stick together.
Chapter 17:
Summary- Its a symbolic chapter, all the families are starting to form together as they move westward, and the camps along the road have become litte communities. families are extening to 10 to 20 families becoming one. They all have there own rules and ways of living.
Characters-
No major characters
Themes-
People vs. Molach
We vs I
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Grapes of Wrath Chap. 12-14
Chapter 12:
Summary- The attention again is brought onto the struggeling tenant farmers who are all driving down route 66 trying to get to california. The farmers are again getting cheated for their parts for there cars by salesman. A story about a family who didn't have a car only a trailor was told, and that family when to the side of the road and was eventually picked up by another car and taken to california. Although they struggle to get from one service station to the next people are making it to California.
Characters-
Farmers moving to California
Themes-
People vs. Molach- the famers were getting cheated by the salesman for tires, but they have to get cheated in order to survive.
Chapter 13:
Summary- While the Joads are traveling down route 66 Al is watching the engine and making sure everything is in tip top shape, they stop at an old service station to get some gas and water because they left there water back at home. At the service station they meet the owner, who is running and old station that has been losing buisness because of all the new corprate chains of gas stations. While the family is getting water and getting gas there dog gets hit by a car, it frightens rose of Sharon as she screams when it happens. The owner of the service station agrees to bury the dog for the family and the family leaves, they drive through Oklahoma city, and everyone is the truck is mesmerized by the city. They decided to stop at the side of the road and camp, and they meet Ivy Wilson and his wife Sairy. They ask if they can share the side of the road with them, and they say its alright. Grampa isn't feeling well so the family gives them there tent and he ends up having a stroke and dying. A funeral is held, and grampa is buried. The two families decide to go to california together, and the joads say they will help fix there car.
Character:
Joad Family
Kacey
Ivy Wilson
Sairy Wilson
Service station owner
Theme:
People vs. Molach(monster)- Ther service station owner is losing buissness because of all the new corporate chain gas stations, he tries to paint it to make it look like all the new fancy gas stations but he does not suceed. All the new big stations are taking over and are probably owned by the bank. The bank is taking over all the small buisnesses as well.
Importance of land- The land was all that grampa knew so when he left he died because he didn't know how to live without the land.
Chap. 14:
Summary- The families heading west have taken over every ditch and road on the way to California. And the people of the west don't really know what is going on or why they are coming. And they are starting to get worried and frightened cause all of these people are just showing up, without reason.
Characters- Farmers and there families moving west
Summary- The attention again is brought onto the struggeling tenant farmers who are all driving down route 66 trying to get to california. The farmers are again getting cheated for their parts for there cars by salesman. A story about a family who didn't have a car only a trailor was told, and that family when to the side of the road and was eventually picked up by another car and taken to california. Although they struggle to get from one service station to the next people are making it to California.
Characters-
Farmers moving to California
Themes-
People vs. Molach- the famers were getting cheated by the salesman for tires, but they have to get cheated in order to survive.
Chapter 13:
Summary- While the Joads are traveling down route 66 Al is watching the engine and making sure everything is in tip top shape, they stop at an old service station to get some gas and water because they left there water back at home. At the service station they meet the owner, who is running and old station that has been losing buisness because of all the new corprate chains of gas stations. While the family is getting water and getting gas there dog gets hit by a car, it frightens rose of Sharon as she screams when it happens. The owner of the service station agrees to bury the dog for the family and the family leaves, they drive through Oklahoma city, and everyone is the truck is mesmerized by the city. They decided to stop at the side of the road and camp, and they meet Ivy Wilson and his wife Sairy. They ask if they can share the side of the road with them, and they say its alright. Grampa isn't feeling well so the family gives them there tent and he ends up having a stroke and dying. A funeral is held, and grampa is buried. The two families decide to go to california together, and the joads say they will help fix there car.
Character:
Joad Family
Kacey
Ivy Wilson
Sairy Wilson
Service station owner
Theme:
People vs. Molach(monster)- Ther service station owner is losing buissness because of all the new corporate chain gas stations, he tries to paint it to make it look like all the new fancy gas stations but he does not suceed. All the new big stations are taking over and are probably owned by the bank. The bank is taking over all the small buisnesses as well.
Importance of land- The land was all that grampa knew so when he left he died because he didn't know how to live without the land.
Chap. 14:
Summary- The families heading west have taken over every ditch and road on the way to California. And the people of the west don't really know what is going on or why they are coming. And they are starting to get worried and frightened cause all of these people are just showing up, without reason.
Characters- Farmers and there families moving west
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Grapes of Wrath Chap. 10/11
Chap.10:
Summary- Since everyone has left for town, Tom and Ma start talking about California. Tom warns his mother that he heard there wasn't as much good work as everyone is saying there is. But Ma tells him about the handbill, and the subject is changed when Grandpa comes down and Ma helps him dress. The rest of the family arrive back from town pretty upset because they only made $18 off of all there belongings. They all meet by the car for a family meeting, Tom brings up that Casey wants to go to California with them and Grandpa says that bringing a preacher might be bad luck but they decide that he can come. The family begins to pack up for there trip and Ma starts salting the meat. The family starts getting ready to leave, and Muley shows up and Grandpa decides he wants to stay and live on the land like him. But the family slips medicine in his coffe, and the family leaves the farm.
Characters:
Tom
Casey
Ma joad
Old Tom Joad
Al
Rose of Charon
Connie
Muley
Noah
Ruthie
Winfield
Grandma
Grampa
Themes:
Importance of Land to the people- The land has no longer become the center point for the family, it is now there truck because they are being forced to leave. The land is so important to Grampa though that he decides he wants to stay and live on it because he is the land.
Importance of family- Family is very important to the Joads, and each person has an individual role which shows in there family meeting.
Chapter 11:
Summary- After the farmers leave their land, the land in a way loses its importance. The new workers do not have a connetction to the land, all they do is drive a tractor over it. The men ar no longer one with the land, and all of there old houses have been taken over by animals and other things.
Characters:
Not main characters
Theme:
We vs. I- all the we, the old farmers, have left and now the farms have been taken over by the I and the importance of the land to the people is lost.
Summary- Since everyone has left for town, Tom and Ma start talking about California. Tom warns his mother that he heard there wasn't as much good work as everyone is saying there is. But Ma tells him about the handbill, and the subject is changed when Grandpa comes down and Ma helps him dress. The rest of the family arrive back from town pretty upset because they only made $18 off of all there belongings. They all meet by the car for a family meeting, Tom brings up that Casey wants to go to California with them and Grandpa says that bringing a preacher might be bad luck but they decide that he can come. The family begins to pack up for there trip and Ma starts salting the meat. The family starts getting ready to leave, and Muley shows up and Grandpa decides he wants to stay and live on the land like him. But the family slips medicine in his coffe, and the family leaves the farm.
Characters:
Tom
Casey
Ma joad
Old Tom Joad
Al
Rose of Charon
Connie
Muley
Noah
Ruthie
Winfield
Grandma
Grampa
Themes:
Importance of Land to the people- The land has no longer become the center point for the family, it is now there truck because they are being forced to leave. The land is so important to Grampa though that he decides he wants to stay and live on it because he is the land.
Importance of family- Family is very important to the Joads, and each person has an individual role which shows in there family meeting.
Chapter 11:
Summary- After the farmers leave their land, the land in a way loses its importance. The new workers do not have a connetction to the land, all they do is drive a tractor over it. The men ar no longer one with the land, and all of there old houses have been taken over by animals and other things.
Characters:
Not main characters
Theme:
We vs. I- all the we, the old farmers, have left and now the farms have been taken over by the I and the importance of the land to the people is lost.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Grapes of Wrath chap. 8/9
Chap.8
Summary: Tom and Casey walk to Toms uncles house, while walking tom tells casey the story behind Uncle John and his wife dying because her appendex burst. When they arrive at the house Tom sees his dad outside working on the truck that they will be taking to california. Tom reunites with his father and two decide to surprise his mother. They walk into the house and at first Ma does't take a good look at Tom but then she really sees him and is overjoyed that he is home. She is worred though that he has gone mad from being in prison and questions whether or not he escaped. Then Tom reunites with his grandparents, and they all sit down for breakfast where Casey has to say grace even though he is not a priest anymore. Al, toms brother arrives at the house, and tom is told that his two youngest siblings have gone to town with Uncle John. Toms sister Sharon has married and is expecting a baby.
Characters:
Tom
Casey
Old Tom
Ma
Grandma joad
Grandpa joad
Al
Ruthie
Winfield
Sharon
Themes:
Importance of family- Tom has finally reuinted with his family and they are all extremely overjoyed to see him. Ma didn't want to leave to California because she was worried tom would never find them but when he arrives at the farm she was more than excited
Chapter 9:
Summary- The tenant farmers are raising money for there trip to california but they are having a very difficult time. They have to pawn off all of there belongings and they do not get very much money for it at all. The famers have to return home to thier wives and tell them that they have sold most of ther belongings for hardly any money. The wives do not want to give up some of there special possesions, but they have to in order to make the trip.
Characters:
Tenant famers
Thier wives
Themes:
The importance of the land to the poeple- These families do not want to give up their land but they have to along with the majority of there possesions.
People vs. Molach(monster)- These men have to sell all of there possesions in order to afford to leave for california because they have nowhere else to go because they have been kicked off their land.
Summary: Tom and Casey walk to Toms uncles house, while walking tom tells casey the story behind Uncle John and his wife dying because her appendex burst. When they arrive at the house Tom sees his dad outside working on the truck that they will be taking to california. Tom reunites with his father and two decide to surprise his mother. They walk into the house and at first Ma does't take a good look at Tom but then she really sees him and is overjoyed that he is home. She is worred though that he has gone mad from being in prison and questions whether or not he escaped. Then Tom reunites with his grandparents, and they all sit down for breakfast where Casey has to say grace even though he is not a priest anymore. Al, toms brother arrives at the house, and tom is told that his two youngest siblings have gone to town with Uncle John. Toms sister Sharon has married and is expecting a baby.
Characters:
Tom
Casey
Old Tom
Ma
Grandma joad
Grandpa joad
Al
Ruthie
Winfield
Sharon
Themes:
Importance of family- Tom has finally reuinted with his family and they are all extremely overjoyed to see him. Ma didn't want to leave to California because she was worried tom would never find them but when he arrives at the farm she was more than excited
Chapter 9:
Summary- The tenant farmers are raising money for there trip to california but they are having a very difficult time. They have to pawn off all of there belongings and they do not get very much money for it at all. The famers have to return home to thier wives and tell them that they have sold most of ther belongings for hardly any money. The wives do not want to give up some of there special possesions, but they have to in order to make the trip.
Characters:
Tenant famers
Thier wives
Themes:
The importance of the land to the poeple- These families do not want to give up their land but they have to along with the majority of there possesions.
People vs. Molach(monster)- These men have to sell all of there possesions in order to afford to leave for california because they have nowhere else to go because they have been kicked off their land.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Chapter 6/7
Chap.6
Summary: Tom and Casey arrive at the Joad family farm only to see that it is untouched and the majority of the neighbors have left. They run into Muley Graves, who tells them that the Joad family have moved into Toms uncles johns house, and they are picking cotton in order to raise enough money for a car so they can go to California. Muleys family has already left, and Casey nags at him for not going with them. Muley then explains that a large company has bought the land. They see a police car coming so they hide, so they don't get in trouble for tresspassing. They then go to a cave where Muley has been sleeping and stay there for the night.
Characters:
Tom Joad- a man returning from prison, going back to his family farm.
Jim Casey- former priest
Muley Graves- Old tenant whos family has left for California, Stayed behind to work, lives in a cave
Willy Frewly-
Themes:
The importance of land to the people- Muley stayed on his land because he is loyal to it, he is the land.
We vs. I- Muley represents the We, he stays on his land because he is the land.
The importance of family- Tom wants to get back to his family, and he is determined to do it.
Chap.7
Summary: A cars salesman is selling these people who are saving up as much money as they can to buy cars and go the California really crappy cars. He makes them seem like they are really nice cars, and puts them at high prices but what he really does is fill them with sawdust so it makes it sound like they are running. But the tenants still buy the cars even though they know they are getting played, because they really have no other choice.
Characters:
Used cars salesman
Jim
Joe
Theme:
People vs. Molach(monster)- All these people are trying to get to Cali and they need cars to do that, and the cars salesman is the monster, he is makin a huge profit off these crappy cars, and taking advantage of the people. They really have no other choice because they were kicked off thier land.
Summary: Tom and Casey arrive at the Joad family farm only to see that it is untouched and the majority of the neighbors have left. They run into Muley Graves, who tells them that the Joad family have moved into Toms uncles johns house, and they are picking cotton in order to raise enough money for a car so they can go to California. Muleys family has already left, and Casey nags at him for not going with them. Muley then explains that a large company has bought the land. They see a police car coming so they hide, so they don't get in trouble for tresspassing. They then go to a cave where Muley has been sleeping and stay there for the night.
Characters:
Tom Joad- a man returning from prison, going back to his family farm.
Jim Casey- former priest
Muley Graves- Old tenant whos family has left for California, Stayed behind to work, lives in a cave
Willy Frewly-
Themes:
The importance of land to the people- Muley stayed on his land because he is loyal to it, he is the land.
We vs. I- Muley represents the We, he stays on his land because he is the land.
The importance of family- Tom wants to get back to his family, and he is determined to do it.
Chap.7
Summary: A cars salesman is selling these people who are saving up as much money as they can to buy cars and go the California really crappy cars. He makes them seem like they are really nice cars, and puts them at high prices but what he really does is fill them with sawdust so it makes it sound like they are running. But the tenants still buy the cars even though they know they are getting played, because they really have no other choice.
Characters:
Used cars salesman
Jim
Joe
Theme:
People vs. Molach(monster)- All these people are trying to get to Cali and they need cars to do that, and the cars salesman is the monster, he is makin a huge profit off these crappy cars, and taking advantage of the people. They really have no other choice because they were kicked off thier land.
Monday, April 11, 2011
Grapes of Wrath Chapter 5
Themes:
The importance of the land to the people: The tenants of the land are being kicked off ant they don't want to, because they are connected to the land. They were born on the land, they work on the land, they get killed on the land, they die on the land.
We vs. I: I represents the bank, the tractor driver tells the tenant that if you wanna get 3 dollars a day you only have to think about your own children not about the land. The We is the tenants who are connected to the land that don't wanna leave, they are the land.
Anger: The tenants are angry that they are being kicked off the land, they are actually sad but the women know that sadness will turn into anger so they give them there space so they don't take there anger out on there family.
People vs. "Moloch": Moloch is the monster, its what is kicking the tenants of the land, its the machines that are replacing the work of all the croppers.
Summary: The monster is kicking all the tenants off thier land because they are being replaced by machines, so now they have nowhere to go and they will starve, the tractor driver talks to one of the tenants about how he is getting 3 dollars a day because he is thinking about his family, and not the land. The tenant is one with the land and he does not want to give it up because that land is his entire life, the tenants are the we.
The importance of the land to the people: The tenants of the land are being kicked off ant they don't want to, because they are connected to the land. They were born on the land, they work on the land, they get killed on the land, they die on the land.
We vs. I: I represents the bank, the tractor driver tells the tenant that if you wanna get 3 dollars a day you only have to think about your own children not about the land. The We is the tenants who are connected to the land that don't wanna leave, they are the land.
Anger: The tenants are angry that they are being kicked off the land, they are actually sad but the women know that sadness will turn into anger so they give them there space so they don't take there anger out on there family.
People vs. "Moloch": Moloch is the monster, its what is kicking the tenants of the land, its the machines that are replacing the work of all the croppers.
Summary: The monster is kicking all the tenants off thier land because they are being replaced by machines, so now they have nowhere to go and they will starve, the tractor driver talks to one of the tenants about how he is getting 3 dollars a day because he is thinking about his family, and not the land. The tenant is one with the land and he does not want to give it up because that land is his entire life, the tenants are the we.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Words of the day
Rivulet(noun)- Anna skipped gracefully over the rivulet, while jayce fell into it because she is incapable of being graceful.
Germinate(vb)- Jayce germinated into an even more annoying person.
Monday, April 4, 2011
Words of the day
Pique(noun)- The entire 11th grad was piqued when they failed to turned there persuasive essays in on time and all received zeros.
Imperturbability(adj)- The imperturbability of Annas personality intimidated Jayce.
Imperturbability(adj)- The imperturbability of Annas personality intimidated Jayce.
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