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Marxism in The Grapes of Wrath

This webpage will analyze the connnections between two works:
 
The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
The Communist Manifesto - Karl Marx and Robert Engels
 
In addition to analyzing the similarities between the works, we will look in-depth at textual examples from the works, and develop a theme to connect the two.
 
     

" They's change a-comin'. I don' know what. Maybe we won't live to see her. But She's a-comin'. They's a res'less feelin'." (471)

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Mark Schulz, Greg Muenzen
Period 2