The Grapes of Wrath- Thoughts from Page 31

There were some interesting points made on this page that I would like to discuss in this blog.

It is interesting because it was saying how and why certain owner men were how they were. Most of them were cruel or cold or angry because they hated their job, others were like because they were told they had to be like that. There are a few that were kind because they wanted to make up for what they had to do since they hated it so much. I don't know why, but for some reason this really caught my attention. I guess since this tends to happen now too. That people hate their daily 9-5 job and would do anything to get out of it and that if you look at their life and what they do, you will understand why people seem to be so angry most of the time, but part of it is their fault because like some people they can try to be kind even if on the inside they are dying. Then, it says "And all of them were caught in something larger than themselves." (page 31) Since they are caught in something larger than themselves, it is hard to get out of it, and that might also cause some of the anger they are having.

Then, it talks about the mathematics, and how some hated it, or were scared of it, but then it says "some worshiped the mathematics because it provided a refuge from thought and from feeling." (page 31) This quote is really cool, because math is one of the few things in the world that does not have feeling, and isn't bias. It just is what it is. There is usually a definite answer, sometimes more. Even the things we tend to use to escape the day are filled with feelings like music and movies. So it is comforting that there is math out there to maybe escape all of that for a while, even if most people hate doing it.

Steinbeck, John. The Grapes of Wrath. New York: Penguin, 2006. Print.