GOW

I'm half way through The Grapes of Wrath and I am absolutely loving it. Not only is the story line interesting but the inter-chapters are so metaphorical and powerful! It's like Steinbeck is actually talking to you through these chapters. I think it's really cool that someone who was really opinionated about the Dust Bowl wrote a book so that we can get a first hand account of what actually happened. Everything feels so real and true.

My favorite inter-chapter was chapter 14 because I related to it so much. It really blew my mind when I read it because I agreed so much with it. My favorite line is, "fear the time when Manself will not suffer and die for a concept, for this one quality is the foundation of Manself, and this one quality is man, distinctive in the universe" (Steinbeck 151). I think what Steinbeck is saying here is that you should not fear revolt, change, or revolution, but you should fear the time when people do not change and people do not stand up for themselves and fight for a cause. I related that to today because I feel like it is important that our country defends themselves and that is exactly what we are doing. We have people fighting and dying for a cause and I truly think that is what makes mankind.