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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  • Ike 2022-03-27 09:01:06

    If it weren't for the didactic ending, this movie would have given it six points. Henry Fonda's performance was average, but his mother's aura was too strong. Except for the excessive force at the end, the rest was impeccable, and the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress was well deserved. , the truck driver Xiao Wenwen, this film shows the hardships of farmers' life, which reminds me of Jiang Wen's words in Furong Town, "Live like an animal!!!"

  • Florencio 2022-03-25 09:01:08

    mother's power. There are no sins and virtues, only human actions, good or bad. A good metaphor for current politics in China, we are people, get up, angry people. PS: I was wicked when I saw this line: the pastor said: Often women fainted during my sermons, and I would often step up to comfort them, and then fall in love with them. You see women are just women, but I see women as holy weapons.

The Grapes of Wrath quotes

  • Tom Joad: What's the matter, Grandpa?

    Grandpa Joad: What's the matter? There's nothin' the matter. I just - I just ain't goin', that's all.

    Pa Joad: What you mean you ain't goin'? We got to go. We got no place to stay.

    Grandpa Joad: I ain't talkin' about you. I'm - I'm talkin' about me! I give'r a good goin' over all last night, and I'm a-stayin'!

    Pa Joad: But you can't do that, Grandpa! This here land's goin' under the tractor. We all got to get out.

    Grandpa Joad: All except me, and I'm stayin'!

    Tom Joad: What about Grandma?

    Grandpa Joad: Take her with ya!

  • Tom Joad: [At 1:18:50 into the movie, Tom Joad pulls off the road to change the left front tire. Jane Darwell gets out of the truck and sits on the front bumper. As Tom begins to get under the truck to jack the truck up, he says to Jane,] "Ma, will you get the hell off'a there! It's gonna be heavy enough..." That somehow passed the Board of Review censors.