(愤怒的葡萄)The Grapes of Wrath 英文介绍及赏析

(愤怒的葡萄)The Grapes of Wrath 英文介绍及赏析

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1、TheGrapesofWrathJohnSteinbeckContextJohnSteinbeckwasborninSalinas,California,onFebruary27,1902.HeattendedStanfordUniversitywithoutgraduating,andthoughhelivedbrieflyinNewYork,heremainedalifelongCalifornian.Steinbeckbeganwritingnovelsin1929,buthegarneredlittlecommercial

2、orcriticalsuccessuntilthepublicationofTortillaFlatin1935.Steinbeckfrequentlyusedhisfictiontodelveintothelivesofsociety’smostdowntroddencitizens.Atrioofnovelsinthelate1930sfocusedonthelivesofmigrantworkersinCalifornia:InDubiousBattle,publishedin1936,wasfollowedbyOfMice

3、andMenin1937,and,in1939,Steinbeck’smasterpiece,TheGrapesofWrath.Duringtheearly1930s,aseveredroughtledtomassiveagriculturalfailureinpartsofthesouthernGreatPlains,particularlythroughoutwesternOklahomaandtheTexaspanhandle.Theseareashadbeenheavilyovercultivatedbywheatfarm

4、ersintheyearsfollowingWorldWarIandwerecoveredwithmillionsofacresofloose,exposedtopsoil.Intheabsenceofrain,cropswitheredanddied;thetopsoil,nolongeranchoredbygrowingroots,waspickedupbythewindsandcarriedinbillowingcloudsacrosstheregion.Hugeduststormsblewacrossthearea,att

5、imesblockingoutthesunandevensuffocatingthoseunluckyenoughtobecaughtunprepared.Theafflictedregionbecameknownasthe“DustBowl.”Bythemid-1930s,thedroughthadcrippledcountlessfarmfamilies,andAmericahadfallenintotheGreatDepression.Unabletopaytheirmortgagesorinvestinthekindsof

6、industrialequipmentnownecessitatedbycommercialcompetition,manyDustBowlfarmerswereforcedtoleavetheirland.Withoutanyrealemploymentprospects,thousandsoffamiliesnonethelesstraveledtoCaliforniainhopesoffindingnewmeansofsurvival.ButthefarmcountryofCaliforniaquicklybecameove

7、rcrowdedwiththemigrantworkers.Jobsandfoodwerescarce,andthemigrantsfacedprejudiceandhostilityfromtheCalifornians,wholabeledthemwiththederisiveepithet“Okie.”Theseworkersandtheirfamilieslivedincramped,impoverishedcampscalled“Hoovervilles,”namedafterPresidentHoover,whowas

8、blamedfortheproblemsthatledtotheGreatDepression.Manyoftheresidentsofthesecampsstarvedtodeath,unabletofindwork.WhenSteinbeckd

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