Poor American peasants benefited from the exploitation of the world by U.S. imperialism

Clyde 2021-12-09 08:01:21

"Grapes of Wrath" is about the poor American farmer Tom who was driven from the land where his ancestors lived for generations by the evil landlord and capitalist, and his family was forced to wander. On the way to find a living in California, my grandfather and grandmother couldn't endure the tragic death halfway through the suffering. In the endless hectares of the landlord’s orchard in California, the whole family has toiled all day long but has no fruit. Why? Just because there is no way for the poor in this old society! But in the United States in the 1930s, it was possible to realize that poor peasant families could drive cars and eat beef hamburgers. At that time, many people in China had never seen a car and starved to death. The world’s poor are one family? The "terrible waters" of American life is incomprehensible for people from other countries.

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Extended Reading
  • Maud 2022-04-23 07:02:03

    Tribute to a classic! Similar to the status quo of a major country, this is history.

  • Meredith 2021-12-09 08:01:21

    1. As the mainstay of right-wing directors, John Ford successfully adapted Steinbeck's classic left-wing novels, so he eventually became idealistic. 2. Unlike the deep focus photography style represented by [Citizen Kane], Greg Toland tried extremely dark lighting and documentary tone in this film. 3. The two lines at the end of Henry Fonda and Jane Darwell are very moving. We continue to fight and hope will never die. (9.0/10)

The Grapes of Wrath quotes

  • [the family is leaving the farm, heading for California]

    Al Joad: Ain't you gonna look back, Ma? Give the ol' place a last look?

    Ma Joad: We're going' to California, ain't we? All right then let's go to California.

    Al Joad: That don't sound like you, Ma. You never was like that before.

    Ma Joad: I never had my house pushed over before. Never had my family stuck out on the road. Never had to lose everything I had in life.

  • Muley Graves: There ain't nobody gonna push me of my land! My grandpa took up this land 70 years ago, my pa was born here, we were all born on it. And some of of us was killed on it! ...and some of us died on it. That's what make it our'n, bein' born on it,...and workin' on it,...and and dying' on it! And not no piece of paper with the writin' on it!