The Grapes of Wrath is John Steinbeck’s most famous work which makes him win Pulitzer Prize for Literature。 This novel is also considered to be Steinbeck’s acme。
The Grapes of Wrath is a classical documentary fiction which reflects the social issues in a certain period of American history。 This novel is on the ground of 1930s economic crisis of the great depression period, describing the plight of the impoverished Americans。 In order to survive, the poor farmers have to move to California to seek for a better life, although they are temporarily unable to see the morning light or hope for the future, they are still full of strong instinct for survival and bright anticipation for hope。
In the beginning of the story, Tom Joad is released back to home after his expiration of the imprisonment and only to find Oklahoma, his hometown, is desolate, so his whole family have to drive a tired old car to the west for living and then they work in a farm。 However, the landowner of the farm continuously oppresses them。 The priest Jim Casy is brave and dares to challenge, so he encourages the workers to fight against to walk off the job, but unfortunately, he is beat to death by a policeman in launching a strike。 Tom Joad immediately beats the murderer to death for revenge then he runs back, so his family has to escape from being arrested。来.自^优+尔-论,文:网www.youerw.com +QQ752018766-
Through depicting different types of characters, Steinbeck shows his sympathy and indignation for the lower-class people。 John Steinbeck is deeply influenced by the tide of naturalism and he also has keenly observed the importance of female in social life。 Thus, he always combines the female and nature; furthermore, he endows the female images with personality charm。 从生态女性主义视角解析《愤怒的葡萄》中的女性形象(2):http://www.youerw.com/yingyu/lunwen_131922.html