Acknowledgments My writing of this thesis has smoothly come to an end, and I hereby would like to extend my sincere gratitude to the following people for their selfless dedication and contribution to my thesis.
My deepest gratitude goes first and foremost to Ms. Zheng Yurong, my supervisor, for her constant guidance and encouragement in the process of my writing. She offered me considerable constructive advice, inspiring suggestions, and incisive criticism. I do appreciate that she has devoted much of her time to reading my draft and making suggestions for further revisions. Without her support and help, the completion of the present thesis is impossible.
Next, I am grateful to my friends who have aided me a great deal and given me many instructive suggestions and ideas in the course of my writing.
Last, my big thanks would go to my beloved parents, who have been raising, encouraging and supporting me in the last twenty years. And during the process of writing my thesis, they supported and encouraged me, which I really appreciate.
Abstract Steinbeck’s masterpiece the Grapes of Wrath is a historical picture that authentically records the American landless peasants’ situations in the Great Depression, as well as a hymn of the spirit that people persevere in dignity even when they were facing adversity, and of the human nature which people love and help each other. This thesis aims to discuss the landless peasants’ wrath against those injustices, and the relation between the increasing wrath and their dignity. During the Great Depression, due to the natural and economical difficulties, the American landless peasants lost their home and land, and were forced to leave their hometown and started a journey to the west-California, which they hoped to make a living but, out of their expectation, with difficulties and adversities. Also, through collecting and analyzing the many misfortunes and injustices which the landless peasants encountered in the journey, and their increasing wrath, together with the praise of their love and help to each other to resist adversities when they were in dire strait, this thesis reveals that the landless peasants’ wrath, encouraged by their family and friends, could act as the motivation to defend their dignity with braveness.
Key Words: American landless peasants, the Great Depression, dignity, wrath, injustices
摘要斯坦因贝克的《愤怒的葡萄》既是真实记录美国大萧条时期失土农民的历史写照，更是一部对人类在逆境中不屈不饶捍卫尊严的精神，互助互爱的人性的赞歌。本论文旨在研究失土农民面对不公的愤怒以及累积的愤怒与尊严之间的关系。本文描述了美国大萧条时期的失土农民由于自然和经济的困境，失去了家园和土地而被迫远离家乡，踏上去西部加利福尼亚州艰难困苦的谋生旅途。并且本文通过整理和分析失土农民在这趟旅途中遭遇的种种不幸与不公以及因此而累计的愤怒，结合对他们在穷困潦倒的时候仍然互爱互助以共同抵抗逆境的赞扬，揭示失土农民的愤怒在亲情和友情的激励下，可以转化为勇敢捍卫尊严的动力的伟大精神。10775
关键词：失土农民，大萧条时期，尊严，愤怒，不公
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments.i
Abstractii
摘要 iii
1 Introduction 1
2 Literature Review 3
2.1 The Author and he Evaluation of the Grapes of Wrath 3
2.2 Previous researches on the Grapes of Wrath3
3 A General Analysis of the Novel 7
3.1 Plot Overview of the Book 7
3.2 Brief Analysis of Major Characters 7
4 The Landless Peasants’ Struggles and Sufferings 10
4.1 Struggles against Nature and Environment 10
4.2 Struggles against Economic Deprivation and Exploitation 11 浅析《愤怒的葡萄》中失土农民的抗争历程:http://www.youerw.com/yingyu/lunwen_9912.html