In the world there are many possibilities, and everyone wants something different in their life. Some people just want happiness other want so much more. This is a lot to take in so here it goes. Why do some people want more than just happiness? My reasoning is that i think that they are greedy but then again that's just me. Because maybe to someone else i'm that person. I don’t know what most people in the same room as me want to make of their life, i barely know what i want to make of my own. No one expects so much happiness to come from a little object they always look at the bigger picture which leads me into why I think people are so greedy. Long story short they all are too involved with the bigger picture to see that true happiness comes from the little things.
Everyone is unique in their own way just like whirligigs none of them spin in the same way or at the same time, just like everything else. No one goes
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They are the simplest form of happiness that I personally can think of. For example in the book the way that Brent’s whirligig affected Tony versus how it affected Alexandra and Steph. Tony found every negative thing possible in that whirligig, unlike Alexandra who it gave hope for a better future. The way a person looks at life has a lot to do with how they view the whirligigs. For Tony he hated life so much that all he saw was the negative side to them, so they immediately made him angry. Alexandra just wanted to find Steph a boyfriend, and she saw hope in anything with the help of that whirligig. So much hope that she would wish to it for a better future, no matter what time of year if she needed the reassurance she would visit the whirligig. She would also make sure that it never looked dull and cared for it, just like many people do for others. Just like Mrs.Zamora intended to do for Lea. She needed Lea in her life and one mistake took that opportunity away from
When times get tough, many people turn away from everyone and everything. It must be part of human nature to adopt an independent attitude when faced with troubles. It is understandable because most people do not want to trouble their loved ones when they are going through problems, so it is easier to turn away than stick together. Maybe their family is going through a rough patch and they reason they would be better off on their own. This path of independence and solitude may not always be the best option for them or their family, though. Often times it is more beneficial for everyone to work through the problem together. It is not always the easiest or most desirable option, but most times it is the most efficient and it will get results in the long run. In The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck makes this point very clear through several characters. Many characters throughout
In the 1930’s, there was many inconvenient catastrophes going on such as the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. Many families migrated to California hoping to find better conditions. In the excerpt from John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, we are introduced to a man going through the situation of moving to California. He is trying to purchase ten cents worth of bread for him and his family, but isn’t quite able to accomplish that due to the stubborn waitress named Mae. Humility is shown in the excerpt when the man constantly shows his humbleness towards Mae. The man’s “insistent” and “inflexible” humility changes Mae’s behavior into becoming more sympathetic and less stubborn by the way he continued to be humble and persistent making her realize the difficulty of his situation.
drop their life and move to a different state. When they arrived in California they were not
Many of the events in The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck do not result in the expected manner. Although the Joads seem to be traveling in hope, irony seems to conquer several situations. There are three types of irony: in dramatic irony, the reader sees the characters mistakes, but not the character. In verbal irony, the author means something rather than what is said. Irony of situation is when there is a paradox between the purpose of an action and its result. By observing several situations during the novel, such as the events of the Weedpatch Camp, the death of Casey, and Chapter 29, much irony can be distinguished.
The Power of The Grapes of Wrath Steinbeck has become one of my favorite writers -- for the love he has for his characters, the loveliness of his language, and the clear-eyed conviction with which he writes. Originally, I failed to see the beauty in Steinbeck's people, though it is plainly there. Perhaps I hadn't seen enough of the world myself, yet. There was a lot I didn't understand about people. What Steinbeck does so well is to show people's struggle for simple human decency in the face of meanness and ignorance.
“Son, if you make it to Queens, our time in Canada would truly be worth it.” This phrase was brought back into my mind while reading Fitzgerald 's “The Great Gatsby.” I saw myself in Gatsby, a man with the drive to change his live. I often imagine the readers of this novel thinking “Gatsby was driven to go from rags to riches, he must be happy!” Unfortunately, drive alone cannot make a man happy, effective actions and a fulfilling goal is just as important. Gatsby died a sad man for his criminal actions and terrible goal. I may not be great, but I sure am happy!
Many live attempting to decipher the riddle of life. What is life? What is the purpose? What makes? Even though we only seek happiness why can’t we ever seem to achieve it? When we do reach happiness why can’t we seem to grasp it and hold it for more than the few short hours that pass like seconds? The question we must answer first is “What makes happiness, true?”
Ever wanted to use humility to accomplish something or anything. Well a man from The Grapes of Wrath made the perfect example. In the excerpt from John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, there is man who needs to buy ten cents worth of bread, but Mae, a waitress who works at the diner, does not want to sell the bread because they need it. For further understanding of the book, John Steinbeck wrote this to depict how socialism and communism could benefit the migrant farm workers in California. I believe the man's constant tone of humility influences Mae's behavior to change towards him and his two little boys from selfishness to sympathy.
When someone betrays us, our first response as humans is anger. But anger only gives you a split second of power and fuels bad decisions. It forces you into a corner and makes you easily angry. Instead of turning to anger, we can learn to understand other’s perspective before taking actions we will regret later on.
John Steinbeck published The Grapes of Wrath in response to the Great Depression. Steinbeck's intentions were to publicize the movements of a fictional family affected by the Dust Bowl that was forced to move from their homestead. Also a purpose of Steinbeck's was to criticize the hard realities of a dichotomized American society.
Having watched the movie "Grapes of Wrath", I have been given the opportunity to see the troubles that would have befell migrant workers during the Great Depression. Though the Joads were a fictitious family, I was able to identify with many signs of hope that they could hold onto. Some of these families who made the journey in real life carried on when all they had was hope. The three major signs of hope which I discovered were, overcoming adversity, finding jobs, and completing the journey.
The Struggle in The Grapes of Wrath & nbsp; The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck is a story about life in the Great Depression. Steinbeck tells the story of the Joad family and how they struggle to survive. Also he has short chapters about the background and what was going on outside of the Joads. & nbsp; together. Although Tom's parents have no idea that he has been paroled. But as they reach the house the two of them notice that it is unusually banged up and empty. When they step inside, the house is vacant except for a couple of things that were left behind. Some of them were important to the family. & nbsp; Then they see a person coming towards them. It turns out to be Muley Graves, an old friend. The three of them start to talk for a long time about what is going his dad and whole family with his sudden arrival. Soon after Tom learns that the entire family is going to go west, to California. After little debate they decide to go the next day and bring Tom and the preacher. Also coming were grandpa and grandma, pa and ma, Toms older brother Noah, Toms younger siblings Al, Rose of Sharon (who is pregnant) and her husband Connie, Ruthie and Windfield, as well as Uncle Tom. & nbsp; Early the next morning they started for California, their spirits extremely high. But soon after they left Oklahoma things started to turn for the worse.&nbs one day a part of the car and a bearing went out. Tom and Casy stayed with the car and everybody else went on in the Joad truck until they saw a good spot to stop. Al then drove back in the truck. Then Tom and Al drove back a few miles to a town to get the part. They ran into a nice man with one eye. The man hated his boss, who had left for the and a wrench too. As soon as they got back the two of them and Casy put in the parts and drove up to where the families were camped. The next morning they headed west again fully aware of their good fortune. After that things did not go quite as well. Grandma started to get sick, even more than her depression over grandpa's death. Casy was a bit more worried about her own health.&nb & nbsp; Their money situation was starting to get grim as well. But soon they crossed the border into California. When they got across they stopped near a river to relax. They set up camp and the men went down to the river to swim and relax. When they were done Tom went on the bank to take a nap when Noah came up to him and told him that he was going to leave. After a little argument Noah turned and walked down the river, never returning her that she would have to get out. When Tom walked up she was distressed about being pushed around by the cop. Then Tom told them what Noah had done. Late that afternoon the Joad family left their friends behind, because the woman was sick, to cross the desert at night. When they crossed the desert they were stopped by the border control to check the cars for food. But grandma swore there was none and that they needed to get died on the trip over the desert. Then they stopped at a camp and unpacked. Soon the police came and told the people there that they had to leave by nightfall. Then there was an altercation in which the cop shot his gun at a man. The man was running away to talk back. A woman's fingers were shot off. Tom hit the cop and knocked him unconscious. When the police came, Casy took the blame for Tom and they hauled him off to jail. Then Rose of Sharon's husband Connie took off. That night everyone left the camp and the Joads went south to a government camp. They got there late, and The police couldn't come in with out a warrant too. The very next morning after arriving Tom got a job at a man's farm. But no one else could get a job. While they were there the police tried to stage a fight so they could get in a clean out, but it failed. & nbsp; were talking a bunch of people snuck up on them and killed Casy, then Tom took a stick and killed the man who had murdered Casy. The next day lots of people were looking for Tom so the family left and went to pick cotton. The family was again lucky and got a boxcar to live in at the cotton farm. There they picked cotton and made decent money. But Tom could not help, he had to go off with a small farm that needed picking. The next morning they got up early but tons of people were already there. By noon the whole field was picked. The Joads made ninety cents. Then suspicion arose about Tom and he was forced to leave the family and go off some where. & nbsp; That night it began to rain and Rose of Sharon went into labor. Also the camp was in danger of being flooded.
them unique unto themselves. What makes one person happy may or may not make another
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck is most often perceived as a depressing that enumerates the many failings of humans during the Great Depression and in general society. Daniel Joseph Singal agrees with this viewpoint, but with a twist. In his essay “Towards a Definition of American Modernism”, Singal shares how Steinbeck also has a message of hope contained within his story of hardship. Through the dreams a Ma and Rose of Sharon Joad, Steinbeck cautions readers on the action of dreaming, because one’s fantasies do not always turn into an expected reality.
Happiness is something most humans value above everything else. The various things in life that make us happy, such as family, friends, and cool cars, to name a few, are the very things we hold dearest to us and place the most value on. People fill their lives with things that please them to ease the gloom that comes as a result of the seemingly never-ending trials and tribulations of life. We gladly accept any amount of pleasure we can extract from the monotony of our daily lives, and we will do almost anything to achieve happiness.