"Grapes of Wrath" Posting 1

For my first blog posting, I read chapters 1-3. In these chapters, John Steinbeck talks about the setting. Also, a hitchhiker asked a truck driver if he could have a lift. Despite the rules saying the trucker couldn't pick up hitchhikers, he did it anyway. Then, a turtle starts walking across a highway. A car swerves in order to avoid. Following that, the trucker swerved too, but his intentions were to hit it, which he did. The turtle just got thrown to the side and survived.



I think John Steinbeck did a great job of detailing the environment and what’s going on in the Dust Bowl. The entire first chapter is dedicated to setting up the setting. I think the turtle mentioned in the first paragraph represents mankind in a way. This is because it has to face obstacles, like the highway, which could be a symbol for life. Although it has to cross the dangerous highway, it is well equipped with a shell for protection. Even when it was hit by the truck, which could represent an obstacle in life, it just waited a second, and continued its journey.