DAY 4 - Grapes of Wrath (sitios de interés)
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Chapter Eighteen (continued): As the family enters California, they camp outside of Needles, CA.
Photo Sourcein the Mojave Desert
The Joads encounter a man and his son heading east. The man explains that California isn't as great as the migrants believe it will be. What are some of the "truths" the man reveals to the Joads?
The man tells them that all the land is already owned by the super rich. He tells the Joads of "a fella, newspaper fellas near the coast, got a million acres..." The Joads can't imagine why anyone would need as much as this man, especially when so many folks are starving.
Read about William Randolph Hearst. Do you believe that there are ethical questions connected to excess wealth, particularly in times when many people are suffering from hunger and poverty?
What do you think of Noah's decision to simply leave the family?
Even thought Ma believes in God, she is upset by the insistence of a group of "other religious" women on holding a prayer meeting for Grandma. Do you believe that it is okay for people of one belief system to impose it on people of different beliefs, if they have "no doubt" that their beliefs are the only "true" beliefs? How is this "playing out in Iraq? How is this idea connected to the American rule of separation of church and state?
When the sheriff shows up, he is not interested in helping the poor migrants. His job seems to be to protect the wealthy from the poor. If law enforcement is supposed to serve and protect, who is the sheriff serving and protecting in this scene?
What are some of the reasons the people use in order to permit themselves to be prejudiced against the migrants? Are these reasons reasonable?