The Grapes Of Wrath: Ma Joad - The Leader
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In a crisis, a person's true colors emerge. The weak are separated
from the strong and the leaders are separated from the followers. In John
Steinbeck's novel The Grapes of Wrath, the Joad family, forced from their
home in Oklahoma, head to California in search of work and prosperity only
to fin ....
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.... fear unless she acknowledged hurt
or fear." Thus, if Ma acts as if everything is all right, then the family
will assume everything is all right. Most members of the family openly
express their doubts or fears. Ma may be just as frightened as the rest of
the family, but she always maintains a front for the rest of the family.
When Ma had fears, "She had practiced denying them in herself." This
extraordinary self-control helps to keep the Joad unit together and alive.
Ma, like all leaders, ....
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