People forcibly evicted from their homes, drought, and starvation. People are going on a trip to salvation, California, where they hope to find jobs only to not find one. Once again they are faces with cruelty, the police treat them like garbage and they receive no respect. Time and time again this family is faced with cruelty. The symbolism and conflict in this book reveals to us the themes.
Life in poverty is hard enough without having to worry about a civil war in your country, let alone around the corner from your village. And also having to flee from town to town in search for safety, leaves him in charge of finding ways to survive by any means necessary. “Things changed rapidly in a matter of seconds and no one had any control over anything. We had yet to learn these things and implement survival tactics, which was what it came down to.” (Beah Chapter 4, p. 29 His mental state of mind becomes a major internal conflict and also is a product of all the environmental conflicts that he is put through. His internal conflicts include not being able to go back home, not knowing what happened to his family, if the
Returning to society after years in prison is a rude awakening, what everyday tasks and events you and I see as part of everyday life the parolee sees as giant obstacles to overcome. In these times of despair parolees often return to their old criminal ways and peers to feel some sense of comfort but end up right back in prison doing so. Furthermore, parolees are having a very difficult time acquiring jobs. Most parolees come out of prison with no useful skills or vocational training. Therefore the only jobs suited for
The Grapes of Wrath follows the difficulties of Joad’s and their journey into a land they thought was going to bring a better life. Their whole views change though when they saw what California was really like for the migrant workers. Though these ideas were more externally shown by some, the whole family felt the change. The Joad’s are a fictional family, but there may have been families just like them in the 1930’s traveling to find a better life in the West. The Dust Bowl was hard on many Americans from the mid Untied States and their stories maybe just the same as the Joad’s in John Steinbeck’s Grapes of
She said, “We are no spawn from the devil, we were born just like you.” “The only difference we have is the color of our skin.” “We work hard to support our families and we are just trying to live our only life as good as we can get.” “So please just take the time to realize that, and we will not cause harm to you in any such way as long as no harm is caused on us.” “ Maybe one day we can sit down, have a cup of tea, talk, and become friends.” At first the white people were very taken back by this. But a few weeks down the line the Younger’s noticed changes. There were no longer death threats on their door, and their garden was in one piece. The neighbors started to acknowledge them and greet them like they did to their fellow white neighbors. Walter Lee was so taken back by this that he was so happy Mama did what she did with the money because he believes that what he was going to use the money for would not of gotten him accepted within a white community.
Also by using an interview form, he shows not only how the main character feels in her own words, he gives his audience a first- hand look into her situation. The fear and uncertainty that she lives in is unimaginable to me. Not being able to fully understand things like instructions for medication, labels for food, or welfare papers make it hard to take care of the everyday needs for her children. The living conditions that she describes put her family in constant danger physically and medically. I found this writing to be a very heartbreaking insight into the plight that Laura faces.
They also always have to be with someone, like one of their brothers. They must’ve felt very constricted, held back, and hated even . They had no way of knowing about how the world used to be, beside by the 40 year-olds. Equality is very rebellious and he finds a tunnel where very many secrets are revealed, and stories are uncovered. One of Equality’s dreams was to be a scholar, although he was chosen to be a street
Nobody wants to hear that their city is full of poverty, mishaps, illiteracy and, No hope. Especially the citizens of Detroit I believe my city takes things the hardest, but can still accept the fact that this is a crisis. The parents of Detroit pride, integrity, and humility is attacked the most because of how much the financial situation along effects their children. Now the education crisis in Detroit Public Schools has ruined us for an unimaginable long time. Just as the authors makes clear in his article.
My childhood was very different from other individuals, Im American from Mexican born parents. Throughout my early years I was moving a lot due to my mothers illegal status, one year I would be with my mother in Mexico another with my father in New York. This is really hard to endure at such a young age and in some way it should of made me weaker but in the end it made me stronger. The way I had to take care of my little brother made me grow up faster and gain a certain responsibility. Although at times I wish I had the life people had on TV all happy and joyful I was happy with what god gave me.
For example, the workers within the union become so relaxed and content with their jobs that they almost don’t have any motivation to work harder for the company. Believe it or not many workers who do have motivation to work hard for their employers are told not to by the union representatives. This type of attitude makes for lack of creation on the worker’s part, and jobs have become outsourced to more inexpensive companies where they can get cheaper goods produced. Many business owners in today’s world would like their business to be non-unionized but saying that and doing that is a whole different ball