https://padlet.com/falfa0001/w3hl9ur011pj en-us 2018-01-30 18:46:12 UTC 2018-02-02 07:43:48 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Balance.png ccana0012 https://padlet.com/falfa0001/w3hl9ur011pj/wish/226271871 The setting that is described by the author gives off a sense of peace and happiness, alluding to the garden of Eden. ]]> 2018-01-30 18:59:47 UTC https://padlet.com/falfa0001/w3hl9ur011pj/wish/226271871 gpacu0138 https://padlet.com/falfa0001/w3hl9ur011pj/wish/226279224 Towards the end of the chapter, the setting begins to change from a nice comfortable surrounding to a dry and/or hot place. Can be connected to when Eden was at the end when God found out that Adam and Eve sinned.]]> 2018-01-30 19:12:42 UTC https://padlet.com/falfa0001/w3hl9ur011pj/wish/226279224 ccana0012 https://padlet.com/falfa0001/w3hl9ur011pj/wish/226279421 Steinbeck discusses how there would be good years with plenty of water, followed by very bad and dry years. Alludes to when the town Joseph is sent to had seven good years, followed by dry years.

]]> 2018-01-30 19:13:00 UTC https://padlet.com/falfa0001/w3hl9ur011pj/wish/226279421 ccana0012 https://padlet.com/falfa0001/w3hl9ur011pj/wish/226730648 The book starts off with exposition in order to give the audience a background of where the story is taking place. ]]> 2018-01-31 18:29:42 UTC https://padlet.com/falfa0001/w3hl9ur011pj/wish/226730648 ccana0012 https://padlet.com/falfa0001/w3hl9ur011pj/wish/226732516 The descriptive diction used, shows vivid details of the Salinas Valley in order to initially give the readers a feel for what it is like to be there. ]]> 2018-01-31 18:32:48 UTC https://padlet.com/falfa0001/w3hl9ur011pj/wish/226732516 falfa0001 https://padlet.com/falfa0001/w3hl9ur011pj/wish/226733282 Goes into detail over the smells and odors of the Salinas Valley to give a deeper understanding of what is was like all having importance within the story telling to come.

 "—and what trees and seasons smelled like—how people looked and walked and smelled even. The memory of odors is very rich" (1).

"Under the live oaks, shaded and dusky, the maidenhair flourished and gave a good smell, and under the mossy banks of the water courses whole clumps of five-fingered ferns and goldy-backs hung down" (5).

]]> 2018-01-31 18:34:03 UTC https://padlet.com/falfa0001/w3hl9ur011pj/wish/226733282 ccana0012 https://padlet.com/falfa0001/w3hl9ur011pj/wish/226734047 Initially the author uses words such as "light gay mountains full of sun and loveliness"(3). which gives readers a sense of peace of happiness to associate with the Salinas Valley. It then switches to a darker use of diction with words such as "raged" "boiled" "destroyer" when describing the river.]]> 2018-01-31 18:35:13 UTC https://padlet.com/falfa0001/w3hl9ur011pj/wish/226734047 falfa0001 https://padlet.com/falfa0001/w3hl9ur011pj/wish/226740936 Steinbeck used diction to focus on feeling things and touch that symbolize important elements in the story. The redwood forest and sea are meant to represent the idea of change over time which is present through out the book.

- "And it seemed to me that sometimes at night that I could feel both the sea and the redwood forest before it" (4).
 - "It was a rasping nervous wind, and the dust particles cut into a man’s skin and burned his eyes. Men working in the fields wore goggles and tied handkerchiefs around their noses to keep the dirt out" (5).]]> 2018-01-31 18:46:22 UTC https://padlet.com/falfa0001/w3hl9ur011pj/wish/226740936 ccana0012 https://padlet.com/falfa0001/w3hl9ur011pj/wish/226741011 -Red: pure, and not able to be corrupted "Piece of redwood, that imperishable wood that does not rot"(4). 
-White: sin/evil "creamy white and almost sinful looking" Relates to Cathy and her pale, white complexion and connects her to the sin and evil. 
-Blue lupin edged in white: foreshadows that there is some evil/ corruption in everyone 
-Pure gold- good/ pure/ innocent "When their season was over the yellow mustard came up and grew to a great height"(4). Foreshadowing good and innocence being corrupted my evil (gold changing to yellow)
-Brown: corruption that comes from the sin. The grass turns brown as everything dries up]]> 2018-01-31 18:46:29 UTC https://padlet.com/falfa0001/w3hl9ur011pj/wish/226741011 gpacu0138 https://padlet.com/falfa0001/w3hl9ur011pj/wish/226741174 "The land cracked and the springs dried up and the cattle listlessly nibbled dry twigs. Then the farmers and the ranchers would be filled with disgust for the Salinas Valley. The cows would grow thin and sometimes starve to death. People would have to haul water in barrels to their farms just for drinking. Some families would sell out for nearly nothing and move away." 
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As mentioned before, the setting comes from the 6-7 wet years to the  dry and cracked years. This setting makes readers think that there is nothing left, all is forgotten.]]> 2018-01-31 18:46:42 UTC https://padlet.com/falfa0001/w3hl9ur011pj/wish/226741174