Academic Decathlon Team:
These questions and suggestions start from Page 60 of the authorized text.
1. P. 60: Is Chapter 7 a message of salesmen taking advantage of people in dire straights or comic relief?
2. P. 60: Why is the word "Hymie" capitalized? Is this an ethnic slur?
3. P. 63: "La Salle" is the model name for a smaller version of the Cadillac.
4. P. 68: Note the prediction for Muley's future.
5. P. 68: Is Uncle John's "crime" foreshadowing of problems for Rose of Sharon?
6. P. 69: How is Uncle John's guilt complex manifested in his behavior?
7. P. 70: Note the anecdote about "farm boy" sex.
8. P. 71: "meerschaum"- hydrous magnesium silicate, a material from which smoking pipes are made.
9. P. 72: Ma had had a fear that she would not see Tom again. Is this foreshadowing?
10. P. 73: Why does Pa wish to surprise Ma about Tom's return?
11. P. 74: Why is Ma described as the "citadel" of the family?
12. P. 75: What is the point of the anecdote of Al's taking pot shots a dirigible?
13. P. 76: Note Ma's worry that Tom may have been "poisoned mad" in prison.
14. P. 76: Why does Ma bring up "Purty Boy Floyd?"
15. P. 78: Note Pa's part in Noah's birth.
16. P. 79: Another reference to Turnbull's Hatfield blood.
17. P. 80: Note Ma's insistence that Casy say grace before they eat?
18. P. 81: Note that Casy's prayer is more an explication of his soul searching.
19. P. 81: Why does Grandma try "to catch hold of an ecstasy?"
20. P. 81: Does Casy's prayer end with a statement of "Collective Salvation" embodied in the "Liberation Theology Movement?"
20. P. 82: Why does Ma consider Casy's voice like a voice out of the ground?
21. P. 82: Why does Steinbeck find it necessary to expose Al's randy behavior?
22. P. 83: Note Grandpa's vision of California.
23. P. 85: Why does Al's demeanor change upon meeting Tom?
24. P. 85: Why is Al disappointed that Tom did not "bust out?"
25. P. 86: Whose voice is Chapter 9?
26. P. 86: Are women more sentimental than men?
27. P. 86: Note the technical terms hames, tugs, halters, and browband jewels.
28. P. 88: People leaving their history.
29. P. 89: People selling their memories.
30. P. 90: Handbills- to trust them or not.
31. P. 91: Ma's premonition about California.
31. P. 92: Why does Steinbeck have Tom relate what he has heard about conditions in California?
32. P. 93: More on Grandpa's vision of California
33. P. 93: Does Ma think that Casy has been "born again?"
34. P. 94: Casy continues to expound his philosophy.
35. P. 96: More on Uncle John's charity
36. P. 97: Foreshadowing of car trouble
37. P. 98: Al warns Pa about Tom's parole.
38. P. 100: The truck is the new hearth.
39. P. 100: Note the detail on how the men sit.
40. P. 100: The meeting is patriarchal and the women sit behind.
41. P. 100: Why does Casy stay out of the meeting?
42. P. 100: Note Al's examination of the Hudson.
43. P. 103: Casy taken into the family
44. P. 103: What is Steinbeck's purpose in having Ruthie and Winfield lose their heads? "Killing pigs and goin' to California."
45. P. 107: Why does Casy break the separation of labor by taking over in salting the pork?
46. P. 108: Ma burns her memories. Why?
47. P. 110: Muley reappears.
48. P. 111: Why does Grandpa suddenly refuse to leave?
49. P. 112: What do the Joads do to take Grandpa with them?
50. P. 113: Why does Tom walk away when Muley asks about breaking parole?
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Information for Academic Decathlon Team
ON THE GRAPES OF WRATH:
I. MATERIALS FOR DISTRIBUTION: PHOTOCOPIES OF RHETORICAL DEVICES, FIGURES OF SPEECH, AND METHODS OF LITERARY ANALYSIS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED AT AN APPROPRIATE MEETING.
II. SUGGESTIONS AND QUESTIONS ON THE TEXT NOW FOLLOW ON THE BLOG:
THE PAGE NUMBERS CORRESPOND TO THE AUTHORIZED TEXT.
1. PAGE 4: WHY MUST THE MEN "STAY WHOLE?"
2. PAGE 8: WHY DOES THE TRUCK DRIVER PICK UP TOM JOAD?
3. PAGE 8: WHAT IS A "CAT?"
4. PAGE 10: WHY DOES THE TRUCK DRIVER TELL THE STORY OF THE "POETRY DRIVER?"
5. PAGE 13: WHY DOES TOM BECOME DEFENSIVE WHEN LEAVING THE TRUCK DRIVER?
6. PAGE 14: WHY DOES STEINBECK USE THE GERMAN WORD "ANLAGE?"
7. PAGE 18: WHY DOES STEINBECK HAVE PREACHER CASY WHISTLE "YES, SIR, THAT'S MY BABY?"
8. PAGE 19: WHAT IS THE IMPLICATION OF CASY'S HAVING "AN ABNORMALLY HIGH FOREHEAD?"
9. PAGE 20: WHY IS CASY NO LONGER A PREACHER?
10. PAGE 21: IS CASY'S ANALOGY COMPARING HIS LEAVING THE "GOOD OL' GOSPEL" WITH THE TURTLE'S ESCAPE A VALID ANALOGY?
11. PAGE 22: WHY DOES STEINBECK HAVE CASY "CONFESS" TO TOM JOAD?
12. PAGE 22: IF PREACHER CASY CONSIDERED GIRLS "HOLY VESSELS," WHY DID HE HAVE SEX WITH THEM AFTER HIS PREACHING SESSIONS?
13. PAGE 23: WHY DOES STEINBECK HAVE CASY SAY," THERE AIN'T NO SIN AND THERE AIN'T NO VIRTUE. THERE'S JUST STUFF PEOPLE DO. IT'S ALL PART OF THE SAME THING?"
14. PAGE 24: CONSIDER THE PARAGRAPH: " I FIGGERED ABOUT THE HOLY SPERIT...I KNEW IT SO DOWN DEEP THAT IT WAS TRUE, AND I STILL KNOW IT." IS THIS THE THESIS OF HUMANISM, "MAN IS THE MEASURE OF ALL THINGS?"
15. PAGE 24: HOW DO YOU INTERPRET "THE GLORY ROOF-TREE?
16. PAGE 25: WAS TOM'S SENTENCE JUST?
17. PAGE 26: WHY WAS TOM JOAD LABELED "JESUS MEEK" IN PRISON? WHAT IS STEINBECK'S PURPOSE IN EXPOSING THIS?
18. PAGE 27: WHY DOES STEINBECK REVEAL THAT PA JOAD "STOLE" A HOUSE?
19. PAGE 27: WHY DOES STEINBECK HAVE TOM QUOTE HIS FATHER'S STATEMENT ABOUT PREACHER CASY'S SEXUAL MEMBER?
20. PAGE 28: WHY DOES STEINBECK HAVE CASY TELL TOM HOW PA JOAD BEHAVED WHEN FILLED WITH "THE HOLY SPERIT?"
21. PAGE 29: WHAT IS THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF "FORTY ACRES AND A MULE?"
22. PAGE 29: NOTE THE BIBLICAL REFERENCE TO "TO THE FATTED CALF." SEE THE STORY OF "THE PRODIGAL SON."
22. PAGE 31: WHAT EMOTIONS DO THE OWNERS FEEL WHEN TALKING TO THE TENANTS? WHY?
23. PAGE 34: WHY MAY ANGRY MEN TURN ON PEOPLE THEY LOVE?
24. PAGE 36: WHY DO THE OWNERS REPLACE FOOD CROPS WITH COTTON?
25. PAGE 40: WHY DOES STEINBECK DESCRIBE THE JOAD'S HOUSE AS HAVING "BLIND FRONT WINDOWS?"
26. PAGE 42: WHAT DOES THE EXPRESSION "JUST FOR DUCKS" MEAN?
27. PAGE 47: WHY DID MULEY NOT GO TO CALIFORNIA? HOW IS HE SURVIVING?
28. PAGE 48: WHAT IS STEINBECK'S PURPOSE IN DESCRIBING MA'S ATTTACK ON A TIN PEDDLER?
29. PAGE 51: WHY DOES MULEY DESCRIBE HIMSELF AS "LIKE A DAMN OL' GRAVEYARD GHOS' ?"
30. PAGE 51: NOTE MULEY'S "TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE."
31. PAGE 54: BE AWARE OF THE HISTORY OF THE HATFIELDS AND Mc COYS.
32. PAGE 54: WHY DOES PA JOAD DISLIKE WRITTEN WORDS?
33. PAGE 55: TOM JOAD IS LOOKING FOR MEANING IN LIFE. DOES THIS MAKE HIM AN EASY MARK FOR CASY'S PHILOSOPHY?
34. PAGE 55: WHY DOES STEINBECK HAVE TOM RELATE HIS PRISON MATE'S RANT AGAINST THE LAW? NOTE THE FEMALE PRONOUN USED TO REFER TO THE LAW.
35. PAGE 55: "GOT HER ALL IN A FLASH!" BE ABLE TO DESCRIBE AND EXPLAIN CASY'S EPIPHANY.
36. PAGE 56: WHY DID CASY NOT TAKE COLLECTIONS WHEN HE PREACHED IN THE JOAD'S AREA?
37. PAGE 58: NOTE THAT TOM MUST HIDE TO AVOID BREAKING PAROLE.
38. PAGE 59: NOTE THE FORESHADOWING: "WE GOT TO GET THINKIN' ABOUT DOIN' STUFF THAT MEANS SOMEPIN'."
39. PAGE 60: NOTE THE INTRODUCTION OF THE "CAVE" MOTIF.
FORSAN ET HAEC OLIM MEMINISSE IUVABIT!
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I. MATERIALS FOR DISTRIBUTION: PHOTOCOPIES OF RHETORICAL DEVICES, FIGURES OF SPEECH, AND METHODS OF LITERARY ANALYSIS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED AT AN APPROPRIATE MEETING.
II. SUGGESTIONS AND QUESTIONS ON THE TEXT NOW FOLLOW ON THE BLOG:
THE PAGE NUMBERS CORRESPOND TO THE AUTHORIZED TEXT.
1. PAGE 4: WHY MUST THE MEN "STAY WHOLE?"
2. PAGE 8: WHY DOES THE TRUCK DRIVER PICK UP TOM JOAD?
3. PAGE 8: WHAT IS A "CAT?"
4. PAGE 10: WHY DOES THE TRUCK DRIVER TELL THE STORY OF THE "POETRY DRIVER?"
5. PAGE 13: WHY DOES TOM BECOME DEFENSIVE WHEN LEAVING THE TRUCK DRIVER?
6. PAGE 14: WHY DOES STEINBECK USE THE GERMAN WORD "ANLAGE?"
7. PAGE 18: WHY DOES STEINBECK HAVE PREACHER CASY WHISTLE "YES, SIR, THAT'S MY BABY?"
8. PAGE 19: WHAT IS THE IMPLICATION OF CASY'S HAVING "AN ABNORMALLY HIGH FOREHEAD?"
9. PAGE 20: WHY IS CASY NO LONGER A PREACHER?
10. PAGE 21: IS CASY'S ANALOGY COMPARING HIS LEAVING THE "GOOD OL' GOSPEL" WITH THE TURTLE'S ESCAPE A VALID ANALOGY?
11. PAGE 22: WHY DOES STEINBECK HAVE CASY "CONFESS" TO TOM JOAD?
12. PAGE 22: IF PREACHER CASY CONSIDERED GIRLS "HOLY VESSELS," WHY DID HE HAVE SEX WITH THEM AFTER HIS PREACHING SESSIONS?
13. PAGE 23: WHY DOES STEINBECK HAVE CASY SAY," THERE AIN'T NO SIN AND THERE AIN'T NO VIRTUE. THERE'S JUST STUFF PEOPLE DO. IT'S ALL PART OF THE SAME THING?"
14. PAGE 24: CONSIDER THE PARAGRAPH: " I FIGGERED ABOUT THE HOLY SPERIT...I KNEW IT SO DOWN DEEP THAT IT WAS TRUE, AND I STILL KNOW IT." IS THIS THE THESIS OF HUMANISM, "MAN IS THE MEASURE OF ALL THINGS?"
15. PAGE 24: HOW DO YOU INTERPRET "THE GLORY ROOF-TREE?
16. PAGE 25: WAS TOM'S SENTENCE JUST?
17. PAGE 26: WHY WAS TOM JOAD LABELED "JESUS MEEK" IN PRISON? WHAT IS STEINBECK'S PURPOSE IN EXPOSING THIS?
18. PAGE 27: WHY DOES STEINBECK REVEAL THAT PA JOAD "STOLE" A HOUSE?
19. PAGE 27: WHY DOES STEINBECK HAVE TOM QUOTE HIS FATHER'S STATEMENT ABOUT PREACHER CASY'S SEXUAL MEMBER?
20. PAGE 28: WHY DOES STEINBECK HAVE CASY TELL TOM HOW PA JOAD BEHAVED WHEN FILLED WITH "THE HOLY SPERIT?"
21. PAGE 29: WHAT IS THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF "FORTY ACRES AND A MULE?"
22. PAGE 29: NOTE THE BIBLICAL REFERENCE TO "TO THE FATTED CALF." SEE THE STORY OF "THE PRODIGAL SON."
22. PAGE 31: WHAT EMOTIONS DO THE OWNERS FEEL WHEN TALKING TO THE TENANTS? WHY?
23. PAGE 34: WHY MAY ANGRY MEN TURN ON PEOPLE THEY LOVE?
24. PAGE 36: WHY DO THE OWNERS REPLACE FOOD CROPS WITH COTTON?
25. PAGE 40: WHY DOES STEINBECK DESCRIBE THE JOAD'S HOUSE AS HAVING "BLIND FRONT WINDOWS?"
26. PAGE 42: WHAT DOES THE EXPRESSION "JUST FOR DUCKS" MEAN?
27. PAGE 47: WHY DID MULEY NOT GO TO CALIFORNIA? HOW IS HE SURVIVING?
28. PAGE 48: WHAT IS STEINBECK'S PURPOSE IN DESCRIBING MA'S ATTTACK ON A TIN PEDDLER?
29. PAGE 51: WHY DOES MULEY DESCRIBE HIMSELF AS "LIKE A DAMN OL' GRAVEYARD GHOS' ?"
30. PAGE 51: NOTE MULEY'S "TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE."
31. PAGE 54: BE AWARE OF THE HISTORY OF THE HATFIELDS AND Mc COYS.
32. PAGE 54: WHY DOES PA JOAD DISLIKE WRITTEN WORDS?
33. PAGE 55: TOM JOAD IS LOOKING FOR MEANING IN LIFE. DOES THIS MAKE HIM AN EASY MARK FOR CASY'S PHILOSOPHY?
34. PAGE 55: WHY DOES STEINBECK HAVE TOM RELATE HIS PRISON MATE'S RANT AGAINST THE LAW? NOTE THE FEMALE PRONOUN USED TO REFER TO THE LAW.
35. PAGE 55: "GOT HER ALL IN A FLASH!" BE ABLE TO DESCRIBE AND EXPLAIN CASY'S EPIPHANY.
36. PAGE 56: WHY DID CASY NOT TAKE COLLECTIONS WHEN HE PREACHED IN THE JOAD'S AREA?
37. PAGE 58: NOTE THAT TOM MUST HIDE TO AVOID BREAKING PAROLE.
38. PAGE 59: NOTE THE FORESHADOWING: "WE GOT TO GET THINKIN' ABOUT DOIN' STUFF THAT MEANS SOMEPIN'."
39. PAGE 60: NOTE THE INTRODUCTION OF THE "CAVE" MOTIF.
FORSAN ET HAEC OLIM MEMINISSE IUVABIT!
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