In this lecture, we examine the great depression through the portrait of hardship drawn by John Steinbeck. How does Steinbeck portray God, Christianity, Nature, Human Nature, and the structures of American society in the 1930s as families struggle to stay afloat?
Assigned Reading:
John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath, Chapter One through Five
Course: HUM 115
Instructor: Dr. David Corbin, Providence Christian College
www.providencecc.edu
Module 9.1 - John Steinbeck, “The Grapes of Wrath”
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