"But where does it stop? Who can we shoot? I don't aim to starve to death before I kill the man that's starving me." (pg. 38)
This is a quote said by one of the farmers talking to a bank worker who explained that they had been kicked out due to the bank taking their land back. This conflict poses a plausible question of who does the problem lie with, man v. man or individual v. society. With this quote the farmer is consumed in frustration that he does not get the big picture. That picture being no matter who you kill that law will still be enforced, the rules will still be instituted. The physical conflict may lie with man v. man, but the initial over all conflict is with individual v. society.
Yes, I like your point of view towards individual vs society, but there is a conflict of wealth and bills to be paid and as seen throughout the novel the bank is in control of the distribution of wealth and nearly all land is owned by the bank whom have the law on their side.
ReplyDeleteEvery true, even though there is confilt between man and man it still is man vs. society since the bank is a collection of people not one person. This does cause problems since you can't exactly blame some one.
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ReplyDeleteI would like to believe it's individual vs society as well because yes we created the banks but the reality is no one controls it. You can't control what the consume consumes and you can't predict what an entrepreneur can create. We spend our money on what we favor.
ReplyDelete"A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both." - Dwight D. Eisenhower. The main spark of conflict of this story comes from the banks, owners, and government not understanding the poverty they're causing just to keep themselves afloat. That is why I don't believe the main conflict is man vs. society. It's man vs. man, becuase the men in power keep their privileges by sending the men with no power into poverty.
ReplyDeleteThe quote stated in the post shows how the problem is society overall, not just an individual. The society may be the banks or the new agricultural system that takes the jobs of 12-14 families to a tractor that replaces them. The "man" in the conflict is completely helpless.
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