Name of book: “The
Grapes of Wrath”
Names of group members: Brittany
Geilear, Loren Williams, Kaylee Collins
Number of pages: 581
Chapters reviewed in this blog post: Chapters 1-7
Genre: fiction
Author: John
Steinbeck
Publisher & date published: April 14, 1939
Summary of chapters 1-7:
Joad gets out of prison after 4 years for
manslaughter. He hitches a ride from a truck driver while walking home. He
talks to the truck driver about where he's been and where he's going. The truck
driver is polite and tells him he doesn't judge people. The truck drivers lets
Joad out near his home. Joad approaches his former preacher and talks about the
past. Muley, an old family friend, tells Joad about how the bank or "the
monster" is running people out of their houses because people cannot pay
for their farms. There crops are failing because of all the dust in the air.
Individual
reflections and connections to the book:
Brittany: I think this book portrays a good understanding and image of how the dust bowl/great depression was in the U.S. and how the people were affected by it.
Kaylee: This book shows the reader an inside look on the Great Depression and dust bowl. Also in the way that in today's world people couldn't otherwise understand.
Loren: Honestly this book does not interest me so far, this time period was a very sad time in our history. Although it connects with many themes I would've wanted to do something more to date.
Group Discussion:
Brittany: I think this book portrays a good understanding and image of how the dust bowl/great depression was in the U.S. and how the people were affected by it.
Kaylee: This book shows the reader an inside look on the Great Depression and dust bowl. Also in the way that in today's world people couldn't otherwise understand.
Loren: Honestly this book does not interest me so far, this time period was a very sad time in our history. Although it connects with many themes I would've wanted to do something more to date.
Group Discussion:
We think that this book shows a great
understanding of the past and how people handled it. We also thought about the
present and how now, we might be prepared for some things because we learned
from the past. But, we also think in today's world we could still be hit with
something like the Great Depression and not be as well prepared for it as we
thought.
Presentation for our final project:
Presentation for our final project:
Questions:
Will Joad find his family?
Will Casy start Preaching again?
What will Muley do?
We will either do a commercial-sales talk
Or maybe make a newspaper
Will Joad find his family?
Will Casy start Preaching again?
What will Muley do?
We will either do a commercial-sales talk
Or maybe make a newspaper
