Sunday, June 16, 2013

McAlester Prison

Remember the prison Joad was kept in? I did some research, and it turns out there really is a McAlester prison, in a way. Oklahoma's state penitentiary is in McAlester, so most people just refer to it by the city name. Makes me wonder if there are other locations in the story that actually exist.
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  1. UnknownJune 17, 2013 at 8:27 AM

    Yeah if you keep reading in one of the chapters someone starts ranting about a bunch of cities and mentions McAlester

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  2. UnknownJune 24, 2013 at 9:29 PM

    I'm guessing that the author did it for a strong reason as most of these places are from Steinbeck's travel experience and he wanted to exemplify the realism into the story.

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  3. UnknownJuly 29, 2013 at 5:07 PM

    I truly believe Steinbeck did his research for his book to make it a reality. He did a great job at doing that.

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