chapters 9 and 10

9- Generalization/ poetic chapter
- Sell all their valuables
- buyers/ salesman/ pawn shop type from out of town
- idea of selling your life, getting rid of your life for almost nothing/ selling off part of themselves
- Themes: We vs I
Moloch- god of capitalism. Someones I is more important them somone elses we

10-
Characters: Uncle John- lives a spartan lifestyle but everyonce in awhile he goes crazy ; Ruthie (12); Winfield (10)- youngens, most able to adapt; Connie Rivers- 19; Noah- no inner desire to do anything; Rose of Sharon; Al- desire of automobiles; Ma- wears the pants, holds everyone together; Grandma and grandpa - argue all the time but very caring for each other, grandpa decides he is staying because he is old and his entire life is on this land but they drug him to tae him with me

We vs i shows up
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Chapter 8

Casy and Tom move out to go to Uncle Johns to try to catch Tom's family before they head to Cali. On there walk Tom tells the story of how uncle john's wife passed away and that he never has forgiven himself. When they arrive at the farm Pa is working on fixin the truck/ car to go. Pa then surprises ma with Tom being there. and then you meet the whole family. They all eat breakfast. They of course all ask Tom about ow he felt about going to jail and tell him about Cali. The chapter ends with Al coming back home and asking Tom how he got out.

Themes:
The role of a woman
Family
What is nature, what is natural has been broken up

7- used car sales man

Grapes of Wrath Vocab

1) Pique N.; A feeling of irritation or resentment resulting from a slight, esp. to one's pride
everyone was a little pique because they were being forced off the land they had worked on for years

2) Imperturbability Adj.; Unable to be upset or excited; Calm
The imperturbability Ma made everyone feel relaxed

3) Rivulet N.; A very small stream
The rivulet ran right next to the house and made for easy drinking water for the horses

4) Germinate V. (of a seed or spore) begin to grow and put out shoots after a period of dormancy.
The seed, after a few weeks, finally germinated
5) Zenith N.; the highest point reached by a celestial or other object
The zenith very far away
6) Scuttle V.; run hurriedly or furtively with short quick steps
the old woman did more of a scuttle to get away from the bear
7) Declivity N.; A downward slope
The boy didnt see the declivity and ended up falling and rolling the whole way down
8) Bemuse V.; puzzle, confuse, or bewilder (someone)
To bemuse the pirates on where the treasure was buried, he had to make a confusing map
9) Petulant Adj.; (of a person or their manner) childishly sulky or bad-tempered
The petulant boy got introuble a lot for back talking to his mom
10) Dissipate V.; disperse or scatter
The smell, once strong, dissipated as the day went on and you could hardly smell it after a few hours

The monster

In this book the Monster is the corporations that own the land. It's only way to survive is if it makes a profit and when the farms stop making a lot the Monster has to find someway to alter what is being done inorder to start making a profit again. It is no one person but the whole corporation and they are a monster because they don't care about others.

Chapters 3-4

Turtle trying to cross the road/ nearly bit by two cars

Turtle/ nature: Chapter 3: Slow but continues to move towards a destination, Has been around for a long time (Longer than man cars and roads), has a shell to protect it, going to survive the dust bowl, turtle is thrown on his back after being hit by the car and has a little bit of sruggle to flip over.
Chapter 4: going to be a boys pet, tries to rebel, old bulldozer

Cars- sinister (something while created by man is not quite nature like, idea of machines or capitilism/ Moloch

Jim Casey: Old preacher, used to baptize people, questioning his beliefs on whether or not god is real. idea of being lost as a preacher, says that he loves people not nessacray jesus. Important that he is non perfect

Tom Joad: a farmers son, killed someone out of self defense and went to prison, Going back to his family buisness. On probabtion= foreshadow, person ful of anger and easy to anger, Anger= theme he represents, lost
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Turtle: i believe the turtle represents the will of man. He keeps going his way and even when he is knocked over he doesn't give up and will keep going. He doesn't give up hope

Tom Joad: Tom just got out of jail, is a little bit lost right now, and he is easily angered. He, though, is trying to get back to a normal life, going to live on his farm and work, he does not regret what he did and is not ashamed.

Jim Casey: He will being to enforce the theme of We vs I. He is an old preacher. He is questioning his belief in Jesus and has decided he love people not nessecary Jesus, which living in the south most everyone was religious.

Theme: We vs I

Grapes of Wrath chapters 1-2

Characters: Tom Joad- He is a hitch hiker that just got out of prison after spending 4 years there because he killed a guy. He is going to go work on his uncles farm. He wears new but cheap clothes that dont fit him right because that is what he was given.

Truck- driver: He gives Joad a lift when he is not supposed to. He is nosy. He whats to take a school course and not be a truck diver anymore. He is responsable and doesnt drink on the job.

Waitress: She works at the diner where the truckdriver was eating. She has a lump behind her ear and doesnt really care or pay much attention to when the truck driver is trying to talk to her

Summary:
Chapter 1- this is an introduction to the time. We learn that nothing is growing and life is becoming hard. There is dust everywhere, people cover there doors, and windows in attempts to prevent it from coming in but it still seeps into the houses. It hangs in the Air all day and there is never any rain. The men are trying to figure out what they will do about it and the women stick by there mans side.

Chapter 2- It starts at a diner and a truck driver is talking to a waitress. He doesnt stay long before he needs to hit the raod again. When he goes to get in his truck he runs into Tom Joad who asks for a lift. On there ride the truck driver talks and tries to get Joad to talk but he is prety quite until Joad gets sick of the truck drivers nosiness and tells the truck driver that he just got out of jail because he killed someone and that he is going to his uncles farm to work.

Setting: Place: Oklahoma Time: 1920/30 great depression

Citations

J.R. "Virtue of Selfishness". The Atlas Society. Web. 12 March, 2010.


Lamonte, T. "Have Americans Become to Selfish?". Today in Central New York, 17 March 2009. Web. 13 March 2009.

Stevens, Tom G. PhD. "Too Selfish?" 2005. Web. 14 March, 2010.


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