If you’re American, you’re probably familiar with the following first line from a famous patriotic song, the Battle Hymn of the Republic: My eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord. He rejects the vintage Where the grapes of wrath are stored The fatal sword of lightning destroyed the terrible Swift; His […]
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Once again I get to hear another fantastic production from L.A. At the Opera Theater, once again I could understand the whole action and production so I could go away from the rest of the world and enjoy the classic play. This time around, I got the audiobook Sync site from their SYNC YA summer […]
John Steinbeck was a famous American author during the 20th century. He wrote two great American classics, The Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men, along with many other well-known books. His books are still widely read through out the world today. John Steinbeck wrote about the common man and about social issues in […]
In Ashley’s critique of “The Grapes of Wrath,” he states that Steinbeck’s greatest work finally suited his greatest limitation, that he is not a great thinker, nor are his characters. He supports his opinion with a quote from a great American literary critic, Edmund Wilson, that Stienbeck specializes “not in those aspects of humanity in […]
Woe to Wrath was written by the great American novelist John Steinbeck. Steinbeck has long been one of my favorite authors, I always loved The Pearl and Of Mice and Men, but I have yet to read The Grapes of Wrath. I bought a new one this summer and started on it at my sister’s […]