the grapes of wrath愤怒的葡萄

the grapes of wrath愤怒的葡萄,英文介绍~课前演讲PPT

the grapes of wrath愤怒的葡萄,英文介绍~课前演讲PPT

Content:I. Social background II. Biography of John Steinbeck III. Major works IV. Analysis “The Grapes of Wrath”

the grapes of wrath愤怒的葡萄,英文介绍~课前演讲PPT

I. Social backgroundWith the Stock Market crash of 1929 , America moved into the Great Depression.(经济大萧条时期) The economic structure in the U.S.A. changed. The gap between the rich and the poor lengthened.

the grapes of wrath愤怒的葡萄,英文介绍~课前演讲PPT

I. Social backgroundMore and more people lost their jobs, so the unemployment and poverty became the main social problems. Then a lot of people went along the Highway 66 to california , hoping to find jobs , lands , dignities and thieir futures.

the grapes of wrath愤怒的葡萄,英文介绍~课前演讲PPT

II. Biography of John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck(1902-1968)

the grapes of wrath愤怒的葡萄,英文介绍~课前演讲PPT

II. Biography of John Steinbeck1902, born in Salinas, California

1920, enrolled in StanfordUniversity 1925, went to New York 1925 ,Returned to California ,started writing career 1940, the Pulitzer Prize 1962, Nobel Prize for literature 1968, Passed away

the grapes of wrath愤怒的葡萄,英文介绍~课前演讲PPT

III. Major works

the grapes of wrath愤怒的葡萄,英文介绍~课前演讲PPT

III. Major works1. First novel: Cup of Gold (1929) 《金杯》 2. Worker’s Trilogy:(工人三部曲) a. In Dubious Battle (1936) 《胜负未决》 --- About the strike by migrant farm-workers b. Of Mice and Men (1937) 《人鼠之间》 --- the mutual dependence and shared dreams of migrant farm-workers

the grapes of wrath愤怒的葡萄,英文介绍~课前演讲PPT

III. Major worksc. The Grapes of Wrath (1939) 《愤怒的葡萄》 ( his masterpiece for which Steinbeck received the Nobel Prize for it in 1962) 3. The Moon Is Down (1942) 《月亮下去了》 4. East of Garden (1952) 《伊甸园以东》

the grapes of wrath愤怒的葡萄,英文介绍~课前演讲PPT

IV. Analysis “The Grapes of Wrath”1. Sourceof the title 2. Introduction of the story 3. Major characters 4. Purpose of the novel 5. Themes in The Grapes of Wrath

the grapes of wrath愤怒的葡萄,英文介绍~课前演讲PPT

1. Source of the title--- A war song of the Civil War, “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” 《共和国的战斗赞美 诗》: Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord, He is tramping out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored “我的眼睛已经见到老爷驾临的荣光， 他在践踏那些被储存了很久的愤怒的葡萄”

the grapes of wrath愤怒的葡萄,英文介绍~课前演讲PPT

2. Introduction of the storySet during the Great Depression, the novel focuses on a poor family of sharecroppers, the Joads, driven from their Oklahoma home by drought, economic hardship, and changes in the agriculture industry. In a nearly hopeless situation, partly because they were trapped in the Dust Bowl, they set out for California along with thousands of other "Okies" in search of land, jobs and dignity.

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3. Major charactersGrandpa John Joad Pa Joad Noah Joad Ruthie Joad Grandma

Ma JoadAl Joad Winfield Joad

Tom JoadRose of Sharon

Connie River

Jim Casy

Mulley Graves

the grapes of wrath愤怒的葡萄,英文介绍~课前演讲PPT

Tom JoadTom Joad — Protagonist of the story; the Joad family's second son Begin---the “black sheep” ,due mostly to the fact that he has spent some time in jail for manslaughter, a round, dynamic character thinking, more or less, only of himself

the grapes of wrath愤怒的葡萄,英文介绍~课前演讲PPT

Tom Joada lesser extent, directly, by his attitude of "one foot before the other" kind of living.

End---he has come to acce

pt Jim Casy's views on the world in general, and plans to organize the people against the money hungry employers

the grapes of wrath愤怒的葡萄,英文介绍~课前演讲PPT

Ma JoadMa Joad — matriarch. Practical and warm-spirited, she tries to hold the family together. The focal point for the entire family

the grapes of wrath愤怒的葡萄,英文介绍~课前演讲PPT

Ma JoadShe is the driving force behind the family's ability to get through even the roughest times. She never lets anyone know of any doubt or pain that she might have, as even the slightest show of weakness could cause a mild panic in the family

the grapes of wrath愤怒的葡萄,英文介绍~课前演讲PPT

4. Purpose of the novelshowing author’s clear expression of sympathy with the dispossessed and the wretched .

the grapes of wrath愤怒的葡萄,英文介绍~课前演讲PPT

5. Themes in The Grapes of Wrath1.The sanctity of man's relationship to the natural world and to each other ---John Steinbeck uses both obvious references and subtle contrasts to emphasize this main theme. They act as a barrier between men and the land

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5. Themes in The Grapes of Wrath2.Free will versus necessity --All throughout the story, the characters are forced to do something either because they want to or they have to.

the grapes of wrath愤怒的葡萄,英文介绍~课前演讲PPT

5. Themes in The Grapes of Wrath3.The holiness of every man --This is what Casy came to believe after he had spent a great amount of time thinking about it.

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