Index Introduction & Background A “Road Novel” Working & Living conditions Attitudes towards (más)

Index Introduction & Background A “Road Novel” Working & Living conditions Attitudes towards migrant populations Humanity, religion and morality Conclusion Bibliography (menos)

Introduction & Background Realist novel published in 1939. Great Depression - United States: (más)

Introduction & Background Realist novel published in 1939. Great Depression - United States: People jobless. Emigration. (menos)

A “Road Novel” California, the “Promised Land”. Idea of the journey: from hope to (más)

A “Road Novel” California, the “Promised Land”. Idea of the journey: from hope to despair. Process of gaining consciousness. (menos)

Attitudes towards migrant populations Universal attitude. “Okies”: victims of racism. Social, (más)

Attitudes towards migrant populations Universal attitude. “Okies”: victims of racism. Social, hygenic and labour problems. FEAR of a revolution. (menos)

Humanity, religion and morality in the novel Criticism of Puritanism. Morality - Existentialist (más)

Humanity, religion and morality in the novel Criticism of Puritanism. Morality - Existentialist perspective. Criticism of religious institutions. Individual does not matter. Importance of community. (menos)

Conclusion Faith in humanity and community. Importance of the CAUSE. Significant title. Modern (más)

Conclusion Faith in humanity and community. Importance of the CAUSE. Significant title. Modern story with current themes. (menos)

Bibliography Steinbeck, J. (1939). The Grapes of Wrath. London: Penguin Books. Wikipedia. (más)

Bibliography Steinbeck, J. (1939). The Grapes of Wrath. London: Penguin Books. Wikipedia. Retrieved February, 18, 2012 from www.wikipedia.com. Thank you for your attention. (menos)

Culture and Society of the English-speaking Countries By: Diana Coso ELEMENTS AND SYMBOLS (más)

Culture and Society of the English-speaking Countries By: Diana Coso ELEMENTS AND SYMBOLS Praisesong for the Widow By Paule Marshall (menos)

The importance of water Essential element of the Universe Connected to Religion Baptism (más)

The importance of water Essential element of the Universe Connected to Religion Baptism Prays Purifications (menos)

The importance of Water A source of life “Her parched throat could scarcely manage the words” (más)

The importance of Water A source of life “Her parched throat could scarcely manage the words” (159) Lavé Tete : Purification “She had found herself growing less opposed to being bathed” (221) Salvation “ Those Ibos was stepping! And they didn’t bother getting back into the small boats drawned up here- boats take too much time. They just kept walking right on out over the river.” (38) (menos)

The importance of clothing Materialism Clothes related (más)

The importance of clothing Materialism Clothes related to Loss of Indentity (menos)

The importance of Clothing “…in the way she always did, she would quickly note the stranger’s (más)

The importance of Clothing “…in the way she always did, she would quickly note the stranger’s clothes.” (48) “Avey Jonhson shucked her gloves off her hands with such violence the fingers turned inside out. The hat slanted to one side on her head found itself being hurled into the nether darkness of a corner.” (144) “Could this be the same well-dressed woman with the half-dozen suitcases who had arrived the day before?”. (153) (menos)

The Journey of the Fight to the Top Structure of the text As an interview With some quotes from (más)

The Journey of the Fight to the Top Structure of the text As an interview With some quotes from songs Main characters Jarn (Interviewee) The interviewer Jarn's mother (menos)

Some ideas... This short story could be defined as a journey from what we are to what we really (más)

Some ideas... This short story could be defined as a journey from what we are to what we really want to be. The story itself is the beggining of that journey. The text is a combination of fantasy, reality, personal expression, and artistic integrity (menos)

The End We build up our road, we are who we want to be. I have learned that we all have an inner (más)

The End We build up our road, we are who we want to be. I have learned that we all have an inner strength that grows day by day or diminishes if we don't take care of it. We must make our strength grow and believe in ourselves. Life is simple and too short to be sad and miserable. We are our destiny and my journey of the fight to the top has just begun. (menos)

The Tragicall History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, by Christopher Marlowe. Life is a (más)

The Tragicall History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, by Christopher Marlowe. Life is a Dream by Pedro Calderón de la Barca. Further reading (menos)