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Grapes of Wrath, a classic for today?
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| 4 April 2009
| Robert DeMott
Posted on 04/19/2009 3:23:37 PM PDT by JoeProBono
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Seventy years ago, on April 14, 1939, The Viking Press in New York officially published John Steinbeck's searing novel The Grapes of Wrath. It was released on the fourth anniversary of Black Sunday, when the worst dust storm in recent American history had rolled across the Great Plains blotting out the sun and later depositing airborne topsoil 1,000 miles east in Washington DC.
Steinbeck thought his novel was too raw for wide general appeal: "I've done my damndest to rip a reader's nerves to rags," he told his editor in early 1939. But despite its unflinching detail, gritty language, and controversial reception (the American Library Association includes it among the 100 most frequently banned and/or challenged books), the Grapes of Wrath has attained classic status and appears on many best novels lists.
Dustbowl farm - in the middle of the 1930s lives were blighted by economic and environmental disaster
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04/19/2009 3:25:25 PM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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04/19/2009 3:26:58 PM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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I haven’t read the book tho I have seen the movie a few times. It was pretty good but it is always a good idea to keep in mind that Steinbeck was a commie.
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04/19/2009 3:29:29 PM PDT
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yarddog
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04/19/2009 3:29:38 PM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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04/19/2009 3:29:45 PM PDT
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GrouchoTex
(...and ye shall know the Truth and the Truth shall set you free....)
To: JoeProBono
Grapes of Wrath is awful. It had an entire chapter dedicated to a turtle walking down a road. I guess Steinbeck succeeds in ripping High School students nerves to shreds easily.
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The Soviets thought it would be a good film to show in the USSR, because it showed economic disaster in the United States. Too bad they had to stop doing that when the Soviet citizens realized that even the poorest of the poor in the United States had cars and trucks.
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04/19/2009 3:31:59 PM PDT
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firebrand
To: JoeProBono
I read the book years ago. Steinbeck was one of the best ever.
I haven't seen the movie.
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04/19/2009 3:32:55 PM PDT
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trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: ConservativeTerrapin
I’ve always liked the movie, but purely in the venue of entertainment.
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04/19/2009 3:33:48 PM PDT
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JoeProBono
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04/19/2009 3:35:11 PM PDT
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JoeProBono
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That was one of the best movies ever made.
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04/19/2009 3:35:19 PM PDT
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Marysecretary
(.GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL)
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04/19/2009 3:36:33 PM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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04/19/2009 3:38:20 PM PDT
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JoeProBono
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04/19/2009 3:40:29 PM PDT
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trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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04/19/2009 3:40:36 PM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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04/19/2009 3:44:47 PM PDT
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Brad’s Gramma
(Life is but a big granola bar.)
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