Ma Joad as the matriarch of the family by https://padlet.com/juliam211/lm8teazyq1na The Grapes of Wrath en-us 2017-08-23 14:23:58 UTC 2023-02-24 04:19:36 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Simplehouse.png What makes Ma Joad such a powerful matriarch in contrast to the typical patriarchal society of the time period? juliam211 https://padlet.com/juliam211/lm8teazyq1na/wish/182336514 2017-08-23 14:34:38 UTC https://padlet.com/juliam211/lm8teazyq1na/wish/182336514 Descriptions of Ma Joad juliam211 https://padlet.com/juliam211/lm8teazyq1na/wish/182339015  "She seemed to know, to accept, to welcome her position, the citadel of the family, the strong place that could not be taken." (pg.74)

"She seemed to know that if she swayed the family shook, and if she ever really deeply wavered or despaired the family would fall, the family will to function would be gone." (pg.74)

"The family looked a Ma with a little terror at her strength." (p.228)]]> 2017-08-23 14:42:41 UTC https://padlet.com/juliam211/lm8teazyq1na/wish/182339015 Events that prove Ma Joad's matriarch position juliam211 https://padlet.com/juliam211/lm8teazyq1na/wish/182344623 "Come on an' whup me. Jus' try it. But i ain't a-goin' ; or if I do, you ain't never gonna get no sleep, 'cause i'll wait, an' jus' the minute you take sleep in your eyes, i'll slap ya with a stick a stove wood." (pg.169)

"I was afraid we wouldn' get acrost," she said. "I tol' Granma we couldn' he'p her. The fambly had to get acrost. I tol' her, tol' her when she was a-dyin'. We couldn' stop in the desert. There was the young ones-an' Rosasharn's baby. I tol' her." (pg.228)


]]> 2017-08-23 14:59:03 UTC https://padlet.com/juliam211/lm8teazyq1na/wish/182344623 How Ma Joad is "the citadel of the family" juliam211 https://padlet.com/juliam211/lm8teazyq1na/wish/182458466 "You ain't goin'. We're a-taking you...Don't argue. That's what we'll do." (pg.400)

"The women watched the men, watched to see whether the break had come at last. The women stood silently and watched... And the women sighed with relief, for they knew it was all right-the break had not come; and the break would never come as long as fear could turn to wrath."(pg.434)

"We're a-gettin outa here," she said savagely... An' you're comin' or you ain't comin', but I'm takin' Rosasharn an' the little fellas outa here." (pg.450)

(p.454) End of book connection 




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