A Letter from John Steinbeck

Steinbeck, John

doi:10.1353/stn.2004.0025

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“…It's anybody." (6) Despite the fact that all four protagonists experience metamorphosis, they discover their own unique ways to make a difference in the world and take action. Tom has now made up his mind to spearhead the aggressive organization of the refugees.…”

Section: The Conflict Between the Migrants And The Establishedmentioning

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Navigating Power Structures: Symbolism, Realism, and Naturalism in The Grapes of Wrath through a Postcolonial Lens

Nesakumari,

Nagalakshmi

2024

Integr. J. Res. Arts Humanities

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This paper explores the representation and negotiation of power systems in John Steinbeck’s famous book “The Grapes of Wrath” by using a postcolonial framework. This study seeks to identify the manner in which questions of power, oppression, and resistance are depicted in the book by analyzing its themes of symbolism, realism, and naturalism through the lens of postcolonial theory. This study examines the symbolic meaning of people, situations, and events connected to hegemonic systems and colonial legacies through rigorous textual analysis. Additionally, it explores how the novel’s naturalism and realism illuminate the historical, socio-economic and environmental surroundings, emphasizing the connection between systemic inequality and power dynamics. This study clarifies how colonial ideas sustain exploitation and disenfranchisement by examining the experiences of marginalized groups, including tenant farmers, migrant labourers, and indigenous communities. Finally, this study advances our knowledge of how literature can be a platform for opposing and criticizing established power systems. It provides insights into the resilience and resistance strategies used by marginalized people.

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Section: The Conflict Between the Migrants And The Establishedmentioning

confidence: 99%

Navigating Power Structures: Symbolism, Realism, and Naturalism in The Grapes of Wrath through a Postcolonial Lens

Nesakumari,

Nagalakshmi

2024

Integr. J. Res. Arts Humanities

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“…The writer clearly demonstrates wide, if not thorough, knowledge of this socio-historical context in view of his seven newspaper articles on migrant farm workers written for The San Francisco News, which first came out as a collection in the 1938 pamphlet Their Blood Is Strong and were later published under the title The Harvest Gypsies in 1988. In the sixth article, he relates the importation of Chinese labour to build the transcontinental railroads and inveighs against racism and injustice, calling the treatment of foreign labour 'a disgraceful picture of greed and cruelty' (Steinbeck, 2019(Steinbeck, [1988: 4408). Steinbeck's familiarity with this historical background is also evident in Journal of a Novel (1969), a compilation of letters to his close friend and editor Pascal Covici in the course of writing East of Eden, in which he records that 'I sat with Elaine and told her the whole history of the Chinese in California as far as I knew it' (Steinbeck, 2001(Steinbeck, [1969: 135).…”

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The creation of Chinese personae in Steinbeck’s fiction

Zeng

2022

Language and Literature: International Journal of Stylistics

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This article discusses Steinbeck’s linguistic creation of Chinese personae in his fiction, which develops from the early practice of using silence in ‘Johnny Bear’ (1938) to chronologically progressive engagement with Chinese Pidgin English (CPE) in Cannery Row (1945) and East of Eden (1952). This change is evident from the increase of CPE dialogues in his later works and best exemplified in the turn to taking non-standard English as a key concern by investing style-shifting with stylistic and thematic meaning in East of Eden. Silence and implicatures are strategically employed in ‘Johnny Bear’ to keep the narrative suspense and broach the antinarratable subject of interracial romance and illegitimate pregnancy so as not to offend the reader. Steinbeck’s later experimentation with CPE demonstrates conformity and discrepancy with sociolinguistic observations, whilst in his representation of CPE the author uses metalanguage to guide readers towards a better understanding of this language variety and a sympathetic interpretation of the Chinese characters. Existing alongside real sociolinguistic systems, the ficto-linguistic system in Steinbeck’s fiction subtly critiques the supposedly ‘correct’ language expected of ethnic groups and skilfully denounces discriminatory racial distinctions. The author’s incorporation of Chinese presence and CPE into his writings serves the grander scheme of scrutinizing American identity and society.

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“…Additionally optical pixel methods have been employed to assess the change in contraction force and frequency dynamics, 10 displacement length, and contraction frequency in neuromuscular junction models. 53 Electrophysiological dynamics of cardiac and neuronal tissues can be assessed via their culture onto micro-electrode arrays (MEA's) to elucidate drug effects in a heart-liver 23 , vascular endothelium-heart 49 , and heart only 52 systems. This technology enables the hightemporal-resolution measurement of cardiac action potentials with a direct electrical readout.…”

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confidence: 99%