chapter14

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Summary Passages Reading Questions Discussion Questions Theme Song



Summary
//Chapter 13 contains a testing situation for the Joad family. They lose their family dog to a passing truck, and later lose Grampa, who is sick and dies of a stroke. These events force the family to become closer to one another, and the 'family' gains two more members: Sairy and Ivy Wilson, two people whom the Joads found on the side of the road and stopped to spend the night with.//

Chapter 14 describes the desires of "Manself" and why these instincts drive the migrants west. In passage 1, a portion defining the "function of man" outlines why humans work and why it is necessary for them to survive. The spirit of humans to survive and the idea that labor and creation make people better is the foundation of these ideas. Conflict and struggle only work to make individuals stronger, and only when the struggle stops and people become complacent does anyone truly nead to fear. (passage 2) The people in the West don't understand why all of the migrants are flooding their states. Also a mystery to them is the collective plight of the migrant - they're all in the same situation and are prepared to work together to get back on their feet.



Passages

 * Passage 1**: "The last clear definite function of man—muscles aching to work, minds aching to create beyond the single need—this is man. To build a wall, to build a house, a dam, and in the wall and house and dam to put something of Manself, and to Manself take back something of the wall, the house the dam; to take hard muscles from the lifting, to take the clear lines and form from conceiving. For man, unlike any other thing organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, emerges ahead of his accomplishments." (page 150)

This passage explains how the tenant farmers did not know what to do after their land was taken away freom them because that's all they knew how to do. This goes back to chapter 6 and how the farmers wanted to hunt down the person that was doing taking their land because to them theiur work was everything. The farming communities were almost like family, they all worked hard together. Work is the main purpose of survival which is why the farmers felt worthless after their farms were taken away.


 * Passage 2**: "Having stepped forward, he may slip back, but only half a step, never the full step...Fear the time when the bombs stop falling and the bombers live - for every bomb is proof that the spirit has not died. And fear the time when the strikes stop while the great owners live - for every little beaten strike is proof that the step is being taken...fear the time when Manself will not suffer and die for a concept, for this one quality is the foundation of Manself..." (pg 150-151)

This passage shows how the farmers will find a way to overcome the obstacles that they have to face. It expalins how they may have been set back but they are still alive and with their families so they will find a way to survive. They will move on to different things and keep fighting to survive. It also explains how things will not change if the farmers just stop fighting because the rich owners will remain on top.  Reading Questions
 * 17. What is the effect of Steinbeck's use of intercalery chapters?

The effect of the intercalery chapters is to connect the world around the Joad family and what they are going through. Chapter 14 is connected to the Joad family because it talks about how the Western States are afraid of the migrants. This chapter not only connects the Joad's but all of the migrant farmers and what they were facing. The use of the intercalery chapter gives the reader the other side of the story and the feelings of the people that were not living in the Dust Bowl.

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Discussion Questions
Why do you think that the migrants were not liked in the Western States, considering that they were only migrants and not immigrants, looking for a work?

The migrants may not have been liked because the people feared the changes that they would bring with them. There may have also been fear of running out of jobs with all of the people that were migrating to the Western States. The migrants were in a sense treated like immigrants because they were different and brought new traditions to the West. The western residents may have also feared that with a large amount of people moving in it would put a strain on the economy and could end up with the same problem that the migrants were running away from.



Theme Song
Renegades of Funk** -Rage Against the Machine

No matter how hard you try you can't stop us now, No matter how hard you try you can't stop us now,

Since the prehistoric ages and the time of ancient Greece right down through the Middle Ages planet Earth kept going through changes.

And then the Renaissance came (came) and times continued to change (change) nothing stayed the same cause there was always renegades

like Chief Sitting Bull, Tom Paine Dr. Martin Luther King, Malcom X they were renegades of their time and age the mighty renegades

We're the renegades of funk (funk) We're the renegades of funk (funk)

We're the renegades of funk (funk) We're the renegades of funk (funk)

From a distant solar system many, many galaxies away we are the force of another creation a new musical revelation

And we're on this musical mission to help the others listen and groove from land to land singing electronic chants

like zulu nations revelations destroy all nations destroy all nations

Well renegades are the people with their own philosophies they change the course of history everyday people like you and me

We're the renegades, we're the people with our own philosophies we change the course of history everyday people like you and me

come on We're the renegades of funk (funk) we're the renegades of funk (funk)

We're the renegades of funk (funk) we're the renegades of funk (funk)

popping it, shocking it, rocking it put it aside of hip-hop cause where we're going there ain't no stopping

popping it, shocking it, rocking it put it aside of hip-hop cause where we're going there ain't no stopping

popping it, shocking it, rocking it put it aside of hip-hop cause where we're

popping it, shocking it, rocking it put it aside of hip-hop popping it, shocking it, rocking it put it aside of hip-hop

We're the renegades of funk (funk) we're the renegades of funk (funk)

We're the renegades of funk (funk) we're the renegades of funk (funk)

We're the teachers of funk and not of empty popping we're blessed with the force and the sound of electronics

With the bass, the treble, the horns and our vocals cause everytime I pop into the beat we get fresh

There was a time when our music Was something called the Bay Street beat People would gather from all around To get down to the big sound You had to be a renegade in those days To take a man to the dance floor

Say jam sucker Say jam sucker Say groove sucker Say groove sucker Say dance sucker Say dance sucker Now move sucker Now move sucker

Say jam sucker Say jam sucker Say groove sucker Say groove sucker Say dance sucker Say dance sucker Now move sucker Now move sucker

We're the renegades of funk (funk) we're the renegades of funk (funk) we're the renegades of funk (funk) we're the renegades of funk (funk) (repeat and fade)