DISCUSSION PROMPTS
for Chapter 3:
· The opening paragraph
of this chapter contains a powerful metaphor
in the seed. Deconstruct this metaphor, and
explore its implications.
· Analyze the turtle's
progress and setbacks. What, in addition
to Tom Joad, might the turtle represent?
Explain.
· Compare the turtle to
Tom Joad.
· See more about the Eastern Box Turtle, a species which ranges from Maine to Florida,
and from the Atlantic Coast to Oklahoma.


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Lange, Dorothea “Abandoned house of small
farmer. Southwest Oklahoma.” 1937. America
from the Great Depression to WWII Photographs
from the FSA-OWL, 1935-1945
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