I think our discussions on the Grapes of Wrath have been going really well! I feel like we don't even need Ms. Clinch anymore watching over us anymore. I love that we are digging deeper and deeper with each discussion and really tearing the book apart.
My favorite discussion so far was the one about the biblical allusions. I thought it was so cool how Steinbeck put all those allusions in the book, and I was actually surprised that I knew some of them. I think the allusions added to the novel as a whole and gave it depth, but it also made me confused about Steinbeck himself. What kind of man was he? Was he really religious? Christian? Or did he make his own religion? If he did make his own religion, then why did he add all those biblical allusions? I can't see him being a really Christian kind of guy because he seems so transcendental with the whole idea of the oversoul and the idea of constant change and revolution. I think that is why I liked this book so much because it talked about change and how we must keep moving on in order to not become stagnated.
Anyways, I hope our discussions keep going well and I hope mine does too tomorrow!
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It's strange that even after all this reading and discussion, I still can't seem to figure out what Steinbeck's religious alignment is. He's really good at this ambiguity thing.
Yeah he sure is! I hate to say it but I think that's what literature is all about! The unknown
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