A true portrayal of capitalism

Kasey 2021-12-09 08:01:21

It was so easy to find this piece. It is estimated that it was blocked. There are too many things exposed. The plot inside is very touching. A family is disintegrated. This is also a true portrayal of why the capitalist family has a small population of negative growth. People are too late to organize a family, too late to live, and children can't even eat when they are born! "Not for wages, not for money, but just for a handful of flour and a piece of butter." "It requires 800 workers. You know that 3000 people come here." The wage of 5 cents is squeezed into 2.5 alive. "You love to do it." Don’t do it, some people are coming here. "Don’t think that this is just far away from us. In fact, it is very close to us. This still exists in today’s society, and it’s happening around us!
The male protagonist is ruthless and righteous, but what's the use? It is not to be forced to leave her mother to survive. The only happy moment for her mother should be the part where her son dances with her at the ball. She is so happy! But in a blink of an eye, her son left, and the future life and death was uncertain. She said, "How do I know if you are still alive or no longer?" I cried when I heard this! Just like this, a person alive is ignored by the society, tortured and killed. But don't want to know that his mother is the only victim! This is also a true manifestation of the violation of women's human rights. There are also elders who died on the road. The elders should have spent their old age in peace, but in the end they have no place to be buried, and there is a possibility of being dug up! There are also children who should be educated, who have become wild children on the streets, and daughters who are about to give birth. Together, they drive a broken car that may break down on the road. What is in front of you? What is the future?
Mother said, "Before we were in our own land, some people died, and new people were born. It was so complete. We are a family, but now we are all different. Our family is disintegrated, and we are becoming impure." Everything It's all so dangling, why? In order to live, like dead, work like a cow, and live like a pig, where is our land? How far is our rights deprived? Desperately making money, but can't fill your stomach! This is definitely an inevitable victim of social development, but in retrospect, why the government drove them out of their homes is indeed a profound topic worth remembering. Specifically, I will not be able to find out.

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The Grapes of Wrath quotes

  • [last lines]

    Ma Joad: Rich fellas come up an' they die, an' their kids ain't no good an' they die out. But we keep a'comin'. We're the people that live. They can't wipe us out; they can't lick us. We'll go on forever, Pa, 'cause we're the people.

  • [the family is leaving the farm, heading for California]

    Al Joad: Ain't you gonna look back, Ma? Give the ol' place a last look?

    Ma Joad: We're going' to California, ain't we? All right then let's go to California.

    Al Joad: That don't sound like you, Ma. You never was like that before.

    Ma Joad: I never had my house pushed over before. Never had my family stuck out on the road. Never had to lose everything I had in life.