Literary analysis #2

Grapes of Wrath
By: John Steinbeck

General
1. The story took place during the Great Depression, about mid 1930s. The main characters were a family that was traveling from Oklahoma to California because they wanted a better life. The whole book is really about their adventurous road trip and the many conflicts they encountered.

2. The main theme i found while reading this novel was to treat people the way you want to be treated. The joad family was treated very poorly while on their trip and for no reason really. Innocent people have to suffer because of the lack of judgment.

3. The author uses a lot of dialogue and indirect characterization which made me feel really bad for the characters. The author really wanted to grasp the severity of the situation and I say he nailed it. I learned a lot about the Great Depression but I've never felt so into it like you feel reading about a family in the middle of it.

Characterization
1. The author doesn't really use direct characterization. He uses indirect because the entire story is based around something much bigger than a characters appearance. When he explains Tom joads experience in life after getting out of jail for four year, he tells you how scared and frightened he is without using dialogue.

2. The story definitely changes as Steinbeck changes his diction and syntax. He just changes character points of view throughout the story.

3. The main character , Tom joad , is a dynamic character because in the beginning he didn't have any goals or or dreams to do anything. He just got out of jail and was just worried about what he was going to do the next day yet as the story goes on he learns what is like to be on his own and creates his dream life in his thoughts and hopes to achieve it in California.

4. I can honestly say I feel like I've met someone like a joad family member. I know people that are in the slums and have to worry about what there doing the next day and it breaks my heart but that's life and everyone has their problems.