Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Chapter 18
In this chapter the Joad family have arrived in California even through the difficulties to get there they are still a whole and/or family once again. Ma Joad is embodying dignity by trying to keep the family as a whole as of which Grandpa or Pa Joad would have done. Also, dignity and rage have been much controversial in the novel but are associated in a way as of growing and intense anger as of which much people have dealt with in order to achieve the dignity that they are given. Rage will also teach the Joads how to handle their rage towards a forced journey to a new life thus teaching them how to handle a new life. Therefore, the most meaningful episode of this chapter is Ma Joads stability to move westward even through Grandpa Joads death which shows her true compassion for her family and mostly her legacy.
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Interesting, I knew that MaJoad embodied dignity since her and family have to deal with discrimination in Califorina but I didn't really thought about their anger and how it could help them understand life.
ReplyDeleteYes, anger and or rage vary much in the novel but have a much similar perspective.
DeleteDignity and rage do go hand in hand. Have you thought about how Ma Joad gets her dignity and respect through her acts of anger? For example, when a cop threatens Ma Joad when they first arrived at a Hooverville, she not only defended herself but showed everyone that she needs to be respected.
ReplyDeleteI would say that the respect Ma Joad recieves is from her acts of bravery and stoicism. Her anger is only a pretense I believe, to cover up her fear and uncertainty. So when Ma stood up to the cop, and threatned him. It was not the anger that garnered respect, but the courage of her standing up to a cop who had every right and capability of killing or beating her.
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