The Grapes Of Wrath: Symbols
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The Grapes of Wrath is a novel by John Steinbeck that exposes the
desperate conditions under which the migratory farm families of America during
the 1930's live under.  The novel tells of one families migration west to
California through the great economic depression of the 1930's. The Joad fa ....
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.... of nature on rampage. The novel shows the men and women that
are unbroken by nature. The theme is one of man verses a hostile environment.Â
His body destroyed but his spirit is not broken. The method used to develop the
theme of the novel is through the use of symbolism. There are several uses of
symbols in the novel from the turtle at the beginning to the rain at the end. Â
As each symbol is presented through the novel they show examples of the good and
the bad things that exist withi ....
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