JOHN STEINBECK'S SOCIAL CRITICISM TO THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT IN THE GREAT DEPRESSION ERA 1930s IN NOVEL TITLED THE GRAPES OF WRATH

Endah Ginung, Pratina (2007) JOHN STEINBECK'S SOCIAL CRITICISM TO THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT IN THE GREAT DEPRESSION ERA 1930s IN NOVEL TITLED THE GRAPES OF WRATH. Other thesis, UNSADA.

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Abstract

I use the novel of John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath, because it has an interesting story. The novel describes the migration of a dispossessed family from the Oklahoma Dust Bowl to California and critiques their subsequent exploitation by a ruthless system of agricultural economics during the Great Depression of the nineteen thirties. Steinbeck effectively portrays how the struggle of the Joads mirrors the hardships of the entire nation. The Joads learn, through the inspiration of Jim Casy, that the poor must work together in order to survive. Steinbeck asks the meaning of ownership in the novel. The owners and the tenants reveal two conflicting views about the land. The tenants adopt the ideas of Jeffersonian agrarianism, which involves the belief that landed property held in freehold must be available to everyone. The Jeffersonians believed that a man could claim ownership of the land he occupied and cultivated by virtue of natural right. The absentee landlords do not occupy the land and only have legal ownership of the land. For the tenants, land is a vital part of their existence. For the landlords, it is only an investment, which yiclds profits.

Item Type:	Thesis (Other)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	characterization, plot, setting, symbol, historical biography approach, novel
Subjects:	800 Literature/Kesusastraan > 808.83 Analysis of Novel
Divisions:	Fakultas Bahasa Dan Budaya > Bahasa dan Kebudayaan Inggris
Depositing User:	Suwatno Suwatno Perpustakaan
Date Deposited:	31 Dec 2024 05:57
Last Modified:	31 Dec 2024 05:57
URI:	http://repository.unsada.ac.id/id/eprint/8790

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