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Reapist  Title: Official ACF HIOFI Poster
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Onslaught. posted:
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While Grapes of Wrath did have a small bit of muckraking in it that was not the reason for writing it.
I sincerely believe Steinbeck sought out to create a good narrative depicting the life and times of people during the Dust Bowl...
Yes, he was a migrant fruit picker himself and did delve pretty deeply in to the mistreatment of migrant field hands of the time, but I don't think he had an agenda beyond making a story.
Sinclair's main objective was to expose the brutality towards and horrible living conditions of American meat packers during the early 1900s. Yes, it can be viewed as pro union, but I honestly believe that was a time when unionization was needed and justified...
Actually he did have an agenda. He set out to write the book in a fashion that showed business in a poor light.
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Reapist posted:
Onslaught. posted:
Reapist posted:
While Grapes of Wrath did have a small bit of muckraking in it that was not the reason for writing it.
I sincerely believe Steinbeck sought out to create a good narrative depicting the life and times of people during the Dust Bowl...
Yes, he was a migrant fruit picker himself and did delve pretty deeply in to the mistreatment of migrant field hands of the time, but I don't think he had an agenda beyond making a story.
Sinclair's main objective was to expose the brutality towards and horrible living conditions of American meat packers during the early 1900s. Yes, it can be viewed as pro union, but I honestly believe that was a time when unionization was needed and justified...
Actually he did have an agenda. He set out to write the book in a fashion that showed business in a poor light.
Banks, mainly. But, I think he was just being accurate.
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Reapist Title: Official ACF HIOFI Poster
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When preparing to write the novel, Steinbeck wrote: "I want to put a tag of shame on the greedy bastards who are responsible for this [the Great Depression and its effects]." He famously said, "I've done my damndest to rip a reader's nerves to rags," and this work won a large following among the working class due to Steinbeck's sympathy to the workers' movement and his accessible prose style.
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Reapist posted:
When preparing to write the novel, Steinbeck wrote: "I want to put a tag of shame on the greedy bastards who are responsible for this [the Great Depression and its effects]." He famously said, "I've done my damndest to rip a reader's nerves to rags," and this work won a large following among the working class due to Steinbeck's sympathy to the workers' movement and his accessible prose style.
Everyone has their own agenda, some are motivated by politics, some are motivated by money... the reasons people write are endless.
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Rhodoman Posts: 1,397
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Jezza_Belle posted:
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When preparing to write the novel, Steinbeck wrote: "I want to put a tag of shame on the greedy bastards who are responsible for this [the Great Depression and its effects]." He famously said, "I've done my damndest to rip a reader's nerves to rags," and this work won a large following among the working class due to Steinbeck's sympathy to the workers' movement and his accessible prose style.
Everyone has their own agenda, some are motivated by politics, some are motivated by money... the reasons people write are endless.
My point was that Steinbeck's and Sinclair's motivations for these works were very similar.
Rho
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Caledric Title: Pew! Pew! Pew!
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-Foxy- posted:
of course, it was required
Surly you mean the book, not the movie?
How are you supposed to properly answers questions in class unless you watch the movie? Its not like anyone actually read the book.
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Rhodoman Posts: 1,397
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Caledric posted:
How are you supposed to properly answers questions in class unless you watch the movie? Its not like anyone actually read the book.
I didn't read it until I was 30.
Rho
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Reapist Title: Official ACF HIOFI Poster
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Rhodoman posted:
Jezza_Belle posted:
Reapist posted:
When preparing to write the novel, Steinbeck wrote: "I want to put a tag of shame on the greedy bastards who are responsible for this [the Great Depression and its effects]." He famously said, "I've done my damndest to rip a reader's nerves to rags," and this work won a large following among the working class due to Steinbeck's sympathy to the workers' movement and his accessible prose style.
Everyone has their own agenda, some are motivated by politics, some are motivated by money... the reasons people write are endless.
My point was that Steinbeck's and Sinclair's motivations for these works were very similar.
Rho
Yeah, I will agree with that.
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Referring to illegal aliens as 'immigrants' is the same as referring to shoplifters as 'shoppers' - Dorvinion
I'd feel bad for Satriani but he got himself into it. - allmightybob_MLF
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