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Monster Essays - The Grapes of Wrath: Ma Joad - The Leader
The Grapes of Wrath: Ma Joad - The Leader
In a crisis, a person's true colors emerge. The weak are separated
from the strong and the leaders are separated from the followers. In John
Steinbeck's novel The Grapes of Wrath, the Joad family, forced from their
home in Oklahoma, head to California in search of work and prosperity only
to find poverty and despair. As a result of a crisis, Ma Joad emerges as a
controlled, forceful, and selfless authority figure for the family.
Ma Joad exhibits exelent self-control during the sufferings and
frustrations of the Joad's journey. Ma knows that she is the backbone of
the family, and that ....
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