Saturday, July 27, 2013
Chapter 10
Ok I just finished chapter 10. Wow a lot happens in just that chapter. After about chapter 6 I found that I didn't really want to put down the book to even answer the questions. If the book keeps being this good I think I'm going to really like it. I've noticed through these past five chapters that I've read today that you are starting to really feel the pain, bitterness, sorrow, and anger that the tenant farmers have towards having to leave their homes. I also think that some of us can relate to them in some ways because some of us have had to make that big move to another place and you could see it in your parents eyes that even they weren't really sure if there was a good future where you were moving. What I want to know is what do you think of how the family hierarchy is set up because I've noticed through the words that Steinbeck chose that women didn't have much of a say but Ma had more say than most women did.
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Later on in the story you will see women taking action to the point that they even taunt their husbands. I could also relate to the tenant farmers struggles because, like you said it is a new part of the world they never been exposed to and they do not know what to expect. The same goes for me when I moved to Texas from California, I had bad feeling about the place, but in the end it was a smart choice.
ReplyDeleteGod Dammit Ben don't kill the change in family hierarchy for her.
DeleteHey it's cool I don't mind I'm probably almost there anyways. I get how you feel Ben my family dealt with the same thing when I was two and we moved to Texas from here.
ReplyDeleteI never even thought about how we can realte to them in that way. That's a gresat way to look at it, when I moved states i absolutely hated life 100%, but this may be different because the whole family is looking for hope in California, they are even kind of excited and ready for change. I havent gotten as far as to them arriving but maybe the reality won't fulfill their dreams
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