Thursday, November 30, 2017

Source: Steinbeck and the Environment (Land, Animals, and Machines)

In this source there is a chapter called Turning Wine into Water, where the author compares the the drought in the 1930's to a passage in the bible. It mainly discusses the similarities between God punishing the people with no water and the way there wasn't any water during the dust bowl. In addition the section talks about how the drought affected real people and the characters in the Grapes of Wrath. This source is great for the land part of my topic because the drought and the weather are big factors in the book.
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  1. AnonymousNovember 30, 2017 at 1:15 PM

    There was a big drought in the 1930s. The drought definitely did affect the real people in the Grapes of Wrath. This sounds like a great article to use for the environment. There are a lot of similarities between God punishing the people with no water, and there definitely was no water during the dust bowl. Great Job!

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  2. AnonymousNovember 30, 2017 at 4:20 PM

    I agree that weather plays a big part in the book, even Foster knows that weather can change the mood and interpretation of a scene into something else. The drought affected many people during the Great Depression, it was a very depressing time for them, hint the name Great Depression.

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  3. AnonymousNovember 30, 2017 at 6:02 PM

    This sounds like a very interesting source and I like the comparison it makes to the bible. I do believe that the drought was a large reason why the dust bowl began and how the soil was getting so dry and falling apart. It's also very possible this source could be used for anyone using the theme of religion, and biblical character too.

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