Quiz 6-7
Chapter 5
Activator:
“The bank is something else than men.
It happens that every man in a bank
hates what the bank does, and yet the
bank does it. The bank is something
more than men, I tell you. It’s the
monster. Men made it, but they can’t
control it.” How is this statement
true? What is the effect of comparing
the bank to a monster?
Chapter 5 in Summary
Bank as a monster
Paper ownership vs. blood and sweat
Man vs. monster- “men made it, but they can’t control it.”
California as Eden
Trickle down effect: Monster Bank  tenants  wives and
children
p. 49- rape of the land- “The land bore under iron, and under iron
gradually died; for it was not loved or hated, it had no prayers or
curses.”
Neighbor vs. Neighbor- over survival
“Three dollars a day, and it comes every day.”
“That’s right. But for your three dollars a day fifteen or twenty families
can’t eat at all.” p. 50
“…Long before your hung there’ll be another guy on the tractor, and he’ll
bump the house down. You’re not killing the right guy…. But where does
it stop? Who can we shoot?...Maybe there’s nobody to shoot. Maybe the
thing isn’t men at all.” p. 52
Why doesn’t the tenant shoot the
guy in the tractor?
Muley Graves
Why won’t Muley leave?
They told him to get off the land“But them sons-a-bitches says I got to get off- an’, Jesus Christ,a
man can’t, when he’s tol’ to” (64).
Tom surprised grampa didn’t kill them because “nobody never
tol’ Grampa where to put his feet” (64).
Muley stays behind without his family.
Casy doesn’t like it- “You should of went too. You shouldn’t of broke
up the fambly.”-- theme
Grampa’s Last Stand
Brotherly Love
“like a damn ol’ graveyard
ghos’. I been goin’ aroun’ the
places where stuff
happened” (69).
“I’ve been sneakin’ aroun’
like a ol’ graveyard ghos”
(71).
Who is Muley Graves? What is his personality like?
Does his name fit his personality? What does the land
represent to him?
Foreshadowing/Conflict
What problem does Pa have with
writing?
What’s the irony when Tom’s
says, “I never though I’d be
hidin’ out on my old man’s
place” (81)?
Tom’s Nature
Chapter 6: What happens to the turtle and
what does Tom think about the turtle?
Casy is a thoughtful and contemplative man, and gives
somewhat of a speech while the men are around the fire.
What does Casy say and what is important about the
speech?
he does not preach for a living, but
preachers are needed to lead people.
i.e.“folks out lonely on the road… with
no lan’, no home to go to” need
preachers to give them a home.
foreshadows his future leadership of the
migrant farmers.
Chapter 7- Used Car Salesman
Describe the style of chapter seven.
Who are the speakers in chapter
seven?
Chapter 8 in Brief
Ma is a contradictory mix of
strength, kindness, and
femininity/delicacy
“the citadel of the family, the strong place
that could not be taken” (100).
mean
mad
Strength in Unions
Noah- never angry in his life- anger was
peculiar to him
“He lived in a strange silent house and
looked out of it through calm eyes. He
was a stranger to all the world, but he
was not lonely” (106) why he’s never
mean
Pa’s guilt/shame because of Noah’s birth
Casy’s Prayer
Chapter 9- Leaving
“You’re not buying only junk, you’re
buying junked lives. And more– you’ll
see– you’re buying bitterness. Buying
a plow to plow your own children
under, buying the arms and spirits
that might have saved you” (118).
-universal soul (I we)
Foreshadowing
rifle
Who says? What does it mean?
Only a
baby can start.
Loss of Memories
Only babies/children can start again-- not an adult.
Why?
Summarizer:
Quiz 8-9
Agenda 10.1
1) Check-in (Chapter 5 annotation and
Chapters 6-7 key points)
2) Go over notes
3) Get into small groups and study for test
4) Pass in Chapter 5 annotations and Chapters
6-7 key points/quotes
Chapter 10- Joad’s Leave
Ma’s dream of a little white house
and oranges.
Casy wants to leave with the
Joads
The Joad kids
Ruthie- a twelve-year old girl who is starting to grow up.
Winfield- he’s the youngest, 10 years old, who is “kidwild” and still immature.
Rose of Sharon- “pregnant and careful,” and her only
concern seems to be her pregnancy and her unborn baby.
Connie Rivers- Rosasharn’s 19-year old husband, who is
“frightened and bewildered” by Rosasharn’s state.
Truck=hearth of the family
$150 to travel 2000 miles….
Granpa- “still the
titular head, but
he no longer
ruled” (137).
“It ain’t kin we? It’s will we?”- Ma
Ma burns her unsellable items
Muley shows up
Why does Grampa decide he is not going to
California? What do Ma and Tom do in order to
make him come?
Ma and Tom drug Grampa with medicine, so
he will come with them.
Chapter Eleven
How does the deserted house change?
What living things move into the house?
Review
Historical Background/ Author
-Joads truck/car
-his beliefs (trinity= writer, text,
-wild oat seeds
self), writing style, purpose of
-turtle
intercalary chapters, time period
-etc.
What is the setting of the story?
Themes of the novel so far?
Characterization of
Jim Casy's beliefs and characterization
-Ma
-transcendentalism
-Pa
-universal soul
-Uncle John
Car dealer chapter- symbolism
-Tom
-Winfield
Symbolism
-Noah
-truck that hits the turtle
-Granpa and Granma
-sedan that swerves
-Muley Graves
-bank
-Will Feely
-house
-Purty Boy Floyd
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