https://padlet.com/vlrdarovskikh/8yp5u4xqzk6kqkkp Сделано со смекалкой en-us 2021-12-24 13:42:52 UTC 2026-02-11 06:01:47 UTC hello@padlet.com vlrdarovskikh https://padlet.com/vlrdarovskikh/8yp5u4xqzk6kqkkp/wish/1963140667 2021-12-24 15:16:45 UTC https://padlet.com/vlrdarovskikh/8yp5u4xqzk6kqkkp/wish/1963140667 vlrdarovskikh https://padlet.com/vlrdarovskikh/8yp5u4xqzk6kqkkp/wish/1963148642 John Steinbeck, in full John Ernst Steinbeck, (born February 27, 1902, Salinas, California, U.S.—died December 20, 1968, New York, New York), American novelist, best known for The Grapes of Wrath (1939), Of Mice and Men and East of Eden. Steinbeck was presented the 1962 Nobel Prize and a 1939 Pulitzer Prize.
Steinbeck dropped out of college and worked as a manual laborer before achieving success as a writer and this experience had a great contribution to his novels and style. John Steinbeck connects to the literary movement modernism; mainly because his novels include a break from traditional writing of the past. His novels are famous for descriptions and arguments on the topic of social and economic problems, as well as tough, realistic and emotional descriptions that capture the reader and bring him back to the past.]]> 2021-12-24 15:37:00 UTC https://padlet.com/vlrdarovskikh/8yp5u4xqzk6kqkkp/wish/1963148642 vlrdarovskikh https://padlet.com/vlrdarovskikh/8yp5u4xqzk6kqkkp/wish/1963172003 The events of the novel unfold during the Great Depression in the United States. The harvest of the Oklahoma red fields is destroyed by a dust storm, poor farmers and their families are left without means of livelihood; banks take away their lands and amuse people with the hope that they will find work in California. The main character of the novel, Tom Joad, is paroled for murder and is looking for his family. Along the way, he meets preacher Jim Casy. After wandering through the desert territories for a long time, they find Tom's family, who are staying with Uncle John. The whole family, along with the preacher, are on their way to California without a single idea of what awaits them there. The Joad family is facing troubles that haunt hundreds of other migrants: their older relatives, grandparents, are dying, it is becoming more difficult to survive every day due to lack of money, there is no stable job, the car constantly breaks down, and some family members, like Noah, are separated. Due to the reduction in pay, the workers of the peach fields (where the Joads worked) are going on strike, which quickly turns violent. Casey is killed, and Tom, overcome with anger, commits another Fall, the second murder. Now he is forced to hide and leave his family. After the dam breaks, Al, as well as Noah, leaves the family, and Rose gives birth to a dead child. The remnants of the Joad family are forced to seek new shelter after flooding in an old barn. In the barn they meet a little boy who asks to save his father, who is dying of hunger. Rose decides to give him her breast milk.]]> 2021-12-24 16:27:59 UTC https://padlet.com/vlrdarovskikh/8yp5u4xqzk6kqkkp/wish/1963172003 vlrdarovskikh https://padlet.com/vlrdarovskikh/8yp5u4xqzk6kqkkp/wish/1963182699 Tom Joad: the protagonist of the story; the Joad family's second son, named after his father. Commits two murders. He's a well-natured, fair, and a little bit hor-headed young man. By the end of the story finds a great passion and purpose in life in fighting for what he believes is right, tries to change the world.
Ma Joad: Tom's mother, a practical and warm-spirited woman. She is a support for the whole family, because everyone relies on her, at times when Thomas Sr. gives up the position of head of the family.  Despite her gentle and loving nature, she is a very determined person and meets all difficulties with confidence.
Pa Joad: Tom Sr. is the easygoing head of the Joad family. He often feels responsible for taking care of the entire family, even when this task far exceeds his abilities, and he works tirelessly for the Joads' benefit. Unfortunately by the end of the story, he loses his strength, and frankly speaking, without his wife the Joads wouldn't be able to survive.
Jim Casey: a preacher who represents Jesus Christ in the novel. Killed during the strike.
Rose of Sharon: Tom's nineteen-year-old sister. The girl is pregnant and constantly worries only about herself. One of the most dramatically changed characters, as by the end of the novel she finally notices the problems of others and helps a dying man. She is a symbol of the unity of humanity. Personally, I think she resembles Virgin Mary as she lost her child, but was able to give salvation, just like Mary brought Jesus into this world to save humanity.
Of course, there are more characters to talk about, but I think that those are the most important and interesting ones.

]]> 2021-12-24 16:59:29 UTC https://padlet.com/vlrdarovskikh/8yp5u4xqzk6kqkkp/wish/1963182699 vlrdarovskikh https://padlet.com/vlrdarovskikh/8yp5u4xqzk6kqkkp/wish/1963198998 Influenced by worldwide industrialization and the first World War, literary modernism was an emotional and experimental style of prose and poetry that occurred in the late nineteenth and early twentieth-century literature.
1) Individualism. A lot of characters over the course of the novel decide to work for their own profit or separate themselves from the family. For example, Noah or Al. Moreover, each character has his own path, believes, and desires. The collective is less important.
2)Symbolism. A great number of Christian symbols are presented in the novel, as I mentioned before - Casy is Jesus and Rose is Mary.
3)Experimentation. The main character, Tom, is far from being perfect. He is flawed by nature, has his own ups and downs, and is generally more realistic than an ideal character. Also, the narration is less uniform. The author often returns to the past or interrupts the story, for example, devotes an entire chapter to the journey of the turtle, which distracts the reader from Tom, who is looking for relatives.
4)Absurdity. Of course, the world of the characters, described by Steinbeck is less chaotic than the world of The Lord of the flies, but characters are still lost sheep and don't know how to survive in the changing environment. 

]]> 2021-12-24 17:49:41 UTC https://padlet.com/vlrdarovskikh/8yp5u4xqzk6kqkkp/wish/1963198998 vlrdarovskikh https://padlet.com/vlrdarovskikh/8yp5u4xqzk6kqkkp/wish/1963201633 I genuinely enjoyed reading the novel and I think I will re-read it in the future. Firstly, the descriptions that the author uses are really vivid, it is a masterpiece that makes you dive deep into the story, you can feel the heat of Oklahoma, see the hard labor of those poor people and really sympathise with their loss. Secondly, I am amazed at how Steinbeck writes the dialogues so you can really see the status of the people through their speech. Thirdly, the writer was able to show the story of the whole generation, the influence of the crisis on the families, and how some people are not able to adjust to new ways of living. Their lives are destroyed and we as readers clearly understand this tragedy. ]]> 2021-12-24 17:57:54 UTC https://padlet.com/vlrdarovskikh/8yp5u4xqzk6kqkkp/wish/1963201633