1) I would be shook to think my own family left me without me
2) I think the reason why the turtle is so persistent to go southwest is because to maybe looking for water or it's a reflection of what he should do
3) the Joad family went to California for a better life
4) the family fall for the salesman because they don't know how a good car looks like because they never had one
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Sunday, March 24, 2013
Summary for Chapters 10-13:
Chapter 10: The Joad family has agreed to migrate to California in search of a new home and work. Pa Joad goes to town to sell their belongings because they cannot carry all of it, but returns depressed because he only received eighteen dollars which is not very much. Casy comes along with the Joad family, and Grandpa does not want to leave, so they put medicine in his coffee and take him along.
Chapter 11: The whole chapter describes the emptiness of the land without its tenant farmers because it requires farmers to work the land in order for it to become enriched. The separation between the farmers life and work causes them to loose interest, so the farmers leave their farmlands. Soon, the land becomes grotesque, empty, and full of creatures since there is no one to work it.
Chapter 12: Tenants farmers drive through the main route, Route 66, on their way to the "promising land" of California. In this chapter, the narrator portrays the voice of the farmers and describes with much depth , the worries that came across the farmers' heads while they drive. They face struggles with their cars and come across salesmen who try cheat them.
Chapter 13: The Joad family worries about what to expect in California since it sounds too good to be true, but Ma says that she cannot worry about the expectations, but she has to wait for what it has to offer. They stop for gas, but do not have enough money for it; they become aware of the hardships that low class gas stations face. The family dog is run over and later buried. The family camps along the roadside and meets the Wilsons family whose car has broke down; Grandpa is sick, so the Wilsons offer their tent. Grandpa dies, and they bury him although its against the law. Lastly, the Joad family and the Wilsons family agree to stick together to travel to California.
Chapter 10: The Joad family has agreed to migrate to California in search of a new home and work. Pa Joad goes to town to sell their belongings because they cannot carry all of it, but returns depressed because he only received eighteen dollars which is not very much. Casy comes along with the Joad family, and Grandpa does not want to leave, so they put medicine in his coffee and take him along.
Chapter 11: The whole chapter describes the emptiness of the land without its tenant farmers because it requires farmers to work the land in order for it to become enriched. The separation between the farmers life and work causes them to loose interest, so the farmers leave their farmlands. Soon, the land becomes grotesque, empty, and full of creatures since there is no one to work it.
Chapter 12: Tenants farmers drive through the main route, Route 66, on their way to the "promising land" of California. In this chapter, the narrator portrays the voice of the farmers and describes with much depth , the worries that came across the farmers' heads while they drive. They face struggles with their cars and come across salesmen who try cheat them.
Chapter 13: The Joad family worries about what to expect in California since it sounds too good to be true, but Ma says that she cannot worry about the expectations, but she has to wait for what it has to offer. They stop for gas, but do not have enough money for it; they become aware of the hardships that low class gas stations face. The family dog is run over and later buried. The family camps along the roadside and meets the Wilsons family whose car has broke down; Grandpa is sick, so the Wilsons offer their tent. Grandpa dies, and they bury him although its against the law. Lastly, the Joad family and the Wilsons family agree to stick together to travel to California.
Friday, March 22, 2013
Chapter 10-13 Discussion Questions
Chapter 10
1. Where did Pa Joad go? Why? What did he return with?
Chapter 11
2. The chapter talks about separation in life and work, what did this cause the men to do? How would you feel if you have to move constantly because of no work?
Chapter 12
3. Why are the tenant farmers so worried while making their way to California?
Chapter 13
4. "His restless eyes jumping from the road to the instrument panel"(157) What does this quote indicate? Explain.
1. Where did Pa Joad go? Why? What did he return with?
Chapter 11
2. The chapter talks about separation in life and work, what did this cause the men to do? How would you feel if you have to move constantly because of no work?
Chapter 12
3. Why are the tenant farmers so worried while making their way to California?
Chapter 13
4. "His restless eyes jumping from the road to the instrument panel"(157) What does this quote indicate? Explain.
Illustrator chapter 10-13
The first picture shows that Tom Joad reunited with his family after he found his family home vacated. When he caught up with his family, they shared heedful conversations about the past and insightful chats eluding to the future. The family is standing in a grateful stance with happiness exhibiting from their demeanor, like in the picture above. The second picture shows the route that the family took to adventure to the promise land of California. The Joad family was not the only family to use this route. Many Okies used it to travel to the west in seach of a better life with social and economic mobility.
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Vocabulary Words for Ch. 8-9
*Veneration- According to Google, it is a feeling of profound respect for someone/something
*Saunter- to walk slowly and without rush
*Citadel- The actual definition is the fortress protecting or dominating the city. In this case though, it describes Ma as "the citadel of the family," which means that Ma is the head of the household and in charge
Okay these are some words I found, but the chapters made sense without knowing every single word, but if you guys ran into other words that made you halt, just let me know & I could find the definition for you. :)
*Veneration- According to Google, it is a feeling of profound respect for someone/something
*Saunter- to walk slowly and without rush
*Citadel- The actual definition is the fortress protecting or dominating the city. In this case though, it describes Ma as "the citadel of the family," which means that Ma is the head of the household and in charge
Okay these are some words I found, but the chapters made sense without knowing every single word, but if you guys ran into other words that made you halt, just let me know & I could find the definition for you. :)
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Travel Tracer Chapter 8-9
1. In Chapter 8, the action began when Tom and Casy began their walk to Uncle Johns house Pg. 87
New characters were introduced which were his mother, Ma Joad, his father, Pa Joad, his grandma, grandpa, and his brother Al Joad. His mother was in shock out of all the family members because she thought she was not going to see him again. The event ends when Tom and Al get finally catch up after being reunited for long. Pg. 110
2. In Chapter 9, the action began when the tenant people were kicked off their land and sifted of their belongings, having to picked over their own personal possessions. The little antiques and belongings they could not take were either left behind or had to be sold. Pg. 111
Most of their belongings were sold in town, those that were not sold were set to fire as a final solution. The tenant people then ended this event by frantically loading up their cars and driving away to California. Pg. 114, 115
New characters were introduced which were his mother, Ma Joad, his father, Pa Joad, his grandma, grandpa, and his brother Al Joad. His mother was in shock out of all the family members because she thought she was not going to see him again. The event ends when Tom and Al get finally catch up after being reunited for long. Pg. 110
2. In Chapter 9, the action began when the tenant people were kicked off their land and sifted of their belongings, having to picked over their own personal possessions. The little antiques and belongings they could not take were either left behind or had to be sold. Pg. 111
Most of their belongings were sold in town, those that were not sold were set to fire as a final solution. The tenant people then ended this event by frantically loading up their cars and driving away to California. Pg. 114, 115
Monday, March 18, 2013
Reseacher Chapter 8-9
Researcher Chapter 8-9
"Okie"- The term Okie originally denotes a resident or native of the state of Oklahoma. In the 1930s, especially in California, the termed referred to very poor, homeless, and starving migrants of Oklahoma and other nearby states (Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, New Mexico, etc.) The Okie migration brought in over than a million newly displaced people to the far West.
This relates to Steinbeck's historical novel, The Grapes of Wrath, because the Joad family was a fictional three-generation Oklahoma family that hoped to move westward to California. The Joad family did not have many possessions and did not find the experience as easy as they had originally thought, like many other Okies of the the 1930s. The Joad family did not find assimilation in California as straightforward as they has dreamed in their heads, because there were many financial and social obstacles.
Mental Strains of Living in Prison- When a person goes to prison, or any type of detention center, they are closed off for their families, friends, and ultimately society. Also, they are seen as the villains of society. This can result to a permanent mental disability to those that are unaccustomed to the isolation and fear. When individuals go to prison, they also let go of their responsibility because they know when they are going to receive their next meal.
This relates to The Grapes of Wrath because Tom Joad had just been released from prison and sees life from a different perspective. An example is when he ells the former-reverend Jim Casey about how many of his roommates in prison developed different personalities as time progressed. He also told Casey a story about a bunk mate who left prison, however, didn't know how to live life without protection and security. As a result, the former bunk mate stole an car and returned to prison once more. Joad confessed that when he first left prison he also felt at an unease. In Chapter eight, Joad reunited himself with the family he has not seen in four years. When his mother sees him, she worried herself that Tom Joad may have driven himself insane in prison. She said that she knew the mother of a gangster called "Purty Boy Floyd" who went "mean-mad" in prison.
That connects to modern life because while some people leave prison enlightened, others leave mentally strained and continue to practice what they know is wrong. There are many cases where people don't know how to take care of themselves, now that they have to take on responsibility again. Life in prison can be dehumanizing and, as a result, can lead to permanent mental strains.
"Okie"- The term Okie originally denotes a resident or native of the state of Oklahoma. In the 1930s, especially in California, the termed referred to very poor, homeless, and starving migrants of Oklahoma and other nearby states (Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, New Mexico, etc.) The Okie migration brought in over than a million newly displaced people to the far West.
This relates to Steinbeck's historical novel, The Grapes of Wrath, because the Joad family was a fictional three-generation Oklahoma family that hoped to move westward to California. The Joad family did not have many possessions and did not find the experience as easy as they had originally thought, like many other Okies of the the 1930s. The Joad family did not find assimilation in California as straightforward as they has dreamed in their heads, because there were many financial and social obstacles.
Mental Strains of Living in Prison- When a person goes to prison, or any type of detention center, they are closed off for their families, friends, and ultimately society. Also, they are seen as the villains of society. This can result to a permanent mental disability to those that are unaccustomed to the isolation and fear. When individuals go to prison, they also let go of their responsibility because they know when they are going to receive their next meal.
This relates to The Grapes of Wrath because Tom Joad had just been released from prison and sees life from a different perspective. An example is when he ells the former-reverend Jim Casey about how many of his roommates in prison developed different personalities as time progressed. He also told Casey a story about a bunk mate who left prison, however, didn't know how to live life without protection and security. As a result, the former bunk mate stole an car and returned to prison once more. Joad confessed that when he first left prison he also felt at an unease. In Chapter eight, Joad reunited himself with the family he has not seen in four years. When his mother sees him, she worried herself that Tom Joad may have driven himself insane in prison. She said that she knew the mother of a gangster called "Purty Boy Floyd" who went "mean-mad" in prison.
That connects to modern life because while some people leave prison enlightened, others leave mentally strained and continue to practice what they know is wrong. There are many cases where people don't know how to take care of themselves, now that they have to take on responsibility again. Life in prison can be dehumanizing and, as a result, can lead to permanent mental strains.
Saturday, March 16, 2013
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Researcher/Connecter (Chapter 7)
RESEARCHER
The term that kept being repeated in chapter 7 was "Jalopy."
Jalopy is a term for an old, unpretentious automobile. This term was commonly used during the 1920s-1930s. In this chapter, Steinbeck states that salesmen are allowing to keep old rundown, unreliable cars to sell to families that have no clue about the condition of the car. Even though the cars may be cheap, families who could barely afford it buy it anyways because they need it for transportation. The salesmen are selling "Jalopies" to dispossessed croppers thinking they would purchase it due to their needs of transportation. These families buy the car anyways because they are manipulated by the salesmen cheap price offerings, but the irony is that even though the car may be cheap, the families aren't thinking about paying for gas and insurance, those salesmen aren't paying for any of that which means these families get tricked into purchasing these unreliable jalopy vehicles that wouldn't even last for a lifetime.
CONNECTOR
This connects to present day life because nowadays dealerships and private sellers are selling their old vehicles online for a cheap price, only to get rid of them because they are already old and rundown. I know this, because I called a dealership that had a car I was interested in due to the extremely low price and everything he said seemed unreal. He told me it was the most reliable classic car because everything has been remodeled. But I questioned myself, if everything was supposedly remodeled and rebuilt, why would it be this cheap? I did my research and figured out that these cars were made in the 1960s and no way any of them would be reliable this present day. Even though Steinbeck wrote about the issues of "Jalopies" in the 1920s-1930s, it is still occurring here today.
The term that kept being repeated in chapter 7 was "Jalopy."
Jalopy is a term for an old, unpretentious automobile. This term was commonly used during the 1920s-1930s. In this chapter, Steinbeck states that salesmen are allowing to keep old rundown, unreliable cars to sell to families that have no clue about the condition of the car. Even though the cars may be cheap, families who could barely afford it buy it anyways because they need it for transportation. The salesmen are selling "Jalopies" to dispossessed croppers thinking they would purchase it due to their needs of transportation. These families buy the car anyways because they are manipulated by the salesmen cheap price offerings, but the irony is that even though the car may be cheap, the families aren't thinking about paying for gas and insurance, those salesmen aren't paying for any of that which means these families get tricked into purchasing these unreliable jalopy vehicles that wouldn't even last for a lifetime.
CONNECTOR
This connects to present day life because nowadays dealerships and private sellers are selling their old vehicles online for a cheap price, only to get rid of them because they are already old and rundown. I know this, because I called a dealership that had a car I was interested in due to the extremely low price and everything he said seemed unreal. He told me it was the most reliable classic car because everything has been remodeled. But I questioned myself, if everything was supposedly remodeled and rebuilt, why would it be this cheap? I did my research and figured out that these cars were made in the 1960s and no way any of them would be reliable this present day. Even though Steinbeck wrote about the issues of "Jalopies" in the 1920s-1930s, it is still occurring here today.
Monday, March 11, 2013
Travel Tracer Chaper Seven
Travel Tracer Chapter Seven
1. The setting is in a used car dealership.
2. There are two types of customers those that actually come to buy cars, and those who come to waste time.
3. The salesman is talking to a potential clients that has sold most of their possessions in order to purchase an automobile that can move them westward.
4. The salesman uses many smoke and mirrors in order to persuade them to buy a jalopy, an old ramshackle automobile.
5. The salesmen pours sawdust into the engine to cover up noises, and they disguise very worn tires.
6.The tenant farmers are aware that they are taken advantaged of, however, they feel like there is not anybody else they can trust.
7. As a result, the tenant farmers purchase an old automobile at an inflated price,
1. The setting is in a used car dealership.
2. There are two types of customers those that actually come to buy cars, and those who come to waste time.
3. The salesman is talking to a potential clients that has sold most of their possessions in order to purchase an automobile that can move them westward.
4. The salesman uses many smoke and mirrors in order to persuade them to buy a jalopy, an old ramshackle automobile.
5. The salesmen pours sawdust into the engine to cover up noises, and they disguise very worn tires.
6.The tenant farmers are aware that they are taken advantaged of, however, they feel like there is not anybody else they can trust.
7. As a result, the tenant farmers purchase an old automobile at an inflated price,
Discussion Questions:
1. What would be your reaction to find out that your whole family is gone when you went back to look for them? What would you do? Put yourself in the situation of Tom Joad.
2. Why does the turtle continue to pop out in sections of the story (pgs. 56-57)? Why is it so persistent to go southwest? Explain further significance of the turtle.
3. Where has the Joad family headed to? What is their ultimate goal there?
4. In Chapter 7, why do you think the tenant farmers fall so easily in the traps of the salesmen and end up buying the so called "good condition cars" at high prices?
1. What would be your reaction to find out that your whole family is gone when you went back to look for them? What would you do? Put yourself in the situation of Tom Joad.
2. Why does the turtle continue to pop out in sections of the story (pgs. 56-57)? Why is it so persistent to go southwest? Explain further significance of the turtle.
3. Where has the Joad family headed to? What is their ultimate goal there?
4. In Chapter 7, why do you think the tenant farmers fall so easily in the traps of the salesmen and end up buying the so called "good condition cars" at high prices?
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Research on the first 5 chapters
Here is some background information of the author: According to The Americans textbook, John Steinback got help from the Federal Writers' Project to publish his unforgettable novel The Grapes of Wrath in 1939 in which, just like Candida summarized very well, Oklahomans left the Dust Bowl and migrated towards California. He was able to achieve a well-recognized legacy of his novel because he, himself, suffered through the hardships of the Great Depression.
Research on:
- The Great Depression: From 1929 to 1940, the U.S. economy faced a financial decline which resulted in the unemployment of millions of Americans. Once the stock market crashed it immediately led to the fear of Americans loosing their money, so they immediately removed their money from the banks; in addition, the businesses that supplied the national goods began to decrease. The Great Depression caused the low sale of American farm products and manufactured goods which led to the trouble farmers had to face to pay their dues and buy the needed food.
-The Dust Bowl: In the early 1930's, the region that included states such as Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, and New Mexico, was a location where it was useless to try to grow crops because of the horrendous drought and all the dust being blown around. Due to these factors, farmers decided to leave their land behind since it would not benefit them whatsoever; they picked up a few belongings and moved to the west towards California.
-Oklahoma weather: According to the website, " America's Story from America's Library," it is written that the weather was grotesque at the time because the dust accumulated and covered the entire sky with it which made it hard to see the surroundings. The farmers closed their windows and doors tightly from their house, but yet the dust still found a way to get in through the cracks.
Research on:
- The Great Depression: From 1929 to 1940, the U.S. economy faced a financial decline which resulted in the unemployment of millions of Americans. Once the stock market crashed it immediately led to the fear of Americans loosing their money, so they immediately removed their money from the banks; in addition, the businesses that supplied the national goods began to decrease. The Great Depression caused the low sale of American farm products and manufactured goods which led to the trouble farmers had to face to pay their dues and buy the needed food.
-The Dust Bowl: In the early 1930's, the region that included states such as Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, and New Mexico, was a location where it was useless to try to grow crops because of the horrendous drought and all the dust being blown around. Due to these factors, farmers decided to leave their land behind since it would not benefit them whatsoever; they picked up a few belongings and moved to the west towards California.
-Oklahoma weather: According to the website, " America's Story from America's Library," it is written that the weather was grotesque at the time because the dust accumulated and covered the entire sky with it which made it hard to see the surroundings. The farmers closed their windows and doors tightly from their house, but yet the dust still found a way to get in through the cracks.
Summary of The Grapes of Wrath (chapters 1-5)
Candida Rodriguez Rodriguez 1
Mrs. Noyes
HAL/Period 5
7 March 2013
Summary of The Grapes of Wrath (chapters 1-5)
In the American novel, The Grapes of Wrath, by Steinbeck, the Dust Bowl had engulfed the entire mid-west and is causing various hardships for agricultural families. Told in third person omniscient, Joad hitchhiked with a driver, despite the "No Riders" sticker placed on the truck. The truck drivers is very nosy and asks Joad various questions. Realizing that the driver was pressing for information, Joad admits that he just been released from McAlester Prison for homicide. Once he gets off the truck, he seeks shade from the scorching sun underneath a tree while walking to his father's house. He meets his former minister, Jim Casey, who tells Joad that he has lost his religious calling, because he has too many sinful ideas. While Joad and Casey begin their trek towards Joad's destination, many tenant farmers have been evicted from their land. They were evicted, because there is not enough revenue to save the land from the bank. Also an increase in technology adds to the amount of men being laid off. An example is that one man with a tractor can replace 10-15 men working by on the land by hand. The author also uses various literary devices to empathize the farmers' hardships in the mid-west. An example is "And now a light truck approached, and it came near, the driver saw the turtle and swerved to hit it" ( Steinbeck 21). The turtle symbolizes many working class farmers because the turtle, like the farmers, plods along dutifully, but is consistently confronted with danger and setbacks.
Vocabulary Enricher/ Word Wizard
- Insinuation
Pg. 12 P. 2
an indirect or covert suggestion or hint, especially of a derogatory nature
Reason: In the text it says there was a quality of secrecy and insinuation in his eyes. It made me wonder what that word was.
- Embankment
Pg. 20 P. 2a bank, mound, dike, or the like, raised to hold back water, carry a roadwayReason: I didn't know what the author mean when he wrote "At least he didn't climb the embankment."
- Zenith
Pg. 24 P. 5
a highest point or state;
Reason: I have never seen the word Zenith before and it caught my attention. - Protruding
Pg. 24 P. 6to thrust forward; cause to project.
Reason: I thought this word was an adjective since the author used it to describe the character's eyes, but I wanted to make sure of what it really meant and this word just happened to be a verb. - Declivity
Pg. 24 P. 5a downward slope, as of ground
Reason: In the sentence I thought this word meant like a hill and the definition was similar to it. - Swale
Pg. 24 P. 5a low place in a tract of land, usually moister and often having ranker vegetation than the adjacent higher land.
Reason: The word sounded unfamiliar to me, then I figured out that it's part of the middle language. - Perspiration
Pg. 25 P. 8a salty, watery fluid secreted by the sweat glands of the skin, especially when very warm as a result of strenuous exertion; sweat.
Reason: I thought it meant like emotion, but I guess not...that's gross.
Vocabulary Enricher/Word Wizard/Illustrator
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| My beautiful drawing of the dust bowl. I worked hard to search for this picture through Google, this describes the setting of the first few chapters which involved "dust." Any other thoughts on this? |
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
topic of today
Why does steinbeck call the country of Oklahoma red and gray?
Why does steinbeck give so much detail on the setting in the first chapter?
Why does it not say the time or date in the beginning of the story?
Was this the time of the great depression
Why does steinbeck give so much detail on the setting in the first chapter?
Why does it not say the time or date in the beginning of the story?
Was this the time of the great depression
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