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Study guide for a collaborative project of the Alabama School of Fine Arts and the University of Alabama at Birmingham |
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| DISCUSSION PROMPTS for Chapter 8: · Using Pa Joad, Ma Joad, and Tom's characters, analyze how the suppression of emotions is privileged in this family. Why do you think this is the case? · Write a character analysis of Ma Joad. How is she both the center of the family and subservient to Pa? · Research "Purty Boy" Floyd. Compare Tom Joad and Floyd. · How does Steinbeck link Ma Joad and Jim Casy in this chapter? What similarities do you find in these two characters? · How does Granpa's fantasy about the grapes contrast with the way grapes are used in the book's title? Research the Old Testament story of the Promised Land, the land "flowing with milk and honey." Build a case for California, the "Promised Land" based on your findings. Related Web Sites: In this chapter the Joads acquire the vehicle that will be the center of their lives from now on, and it was one of these: The Hudson Super 6. A Land of Milk and Honey - a Biblical explanation of the often-used phrase. Pretty Boy Floyd - website about the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted Criminals." Another Pretty Boy Floyd Website - more photos, plus a recording of famed Oklahoma folksinger/songwriter Woody Guthrie, telling his remembrances of Floyd and singing the song about the outlaw. All about Gopher Snakes- courtesy of the DesertUSA web site |
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