Blog Post 1 (1-10) ***
Sunday March 1st
Topic F of the Travel Blog
Sub-topic; Pride
"'I don't never take a drink till I'm through.'"
"'I done time. So What!'"
The first quote here from page 11 of the Grapes of wrath is made by the driver of the truck Mr. Joad is hitching a ride in. At this time in history sobriety was being pushed heavily by women, and alcohol, which has been used as a means of escape throughout history from the pressures of life is kept under strict regulation by the driver, or so he claims. How this is an example of pride may be clouded, yet that the driver deems it important enough to boast about to another person provides enough empirical evidence to suggest that this is indeed a prideful claim. The second quote is by a Mr. Joad our main character and shows a different kind of pride. Whereas the first is evidentiary of pride through upholding a societal value, the second is pride in the history of one's self in the sense that there is an absolute absence of shame for a deed done. Known to us of the 21st century the general public of the early 20th century was very reluctant to accept support from the government, and turned to that support only as a last resort. This reluctance came from a stubborn pride, which so far has been shown to us in the novel came in two forms, pride for one's deeds in society and pride in one's self.
Would like you to focus more on the book not "general public of the early 20th century"
ReplyDeleteGood start, and would have liked even more discussion about the idea of pride and how it develops the character.