Blog #10

Do you believe that the Grapes of Wrath successfully establishes sympathy for the plight of Dust Bowl farmers? Why or why not?
In a way, I feel sympathy for them to be going through such toil and hardship, but in another way they seem to have the attitude, "Oh, it happens." I guess I can understand the hardship because, well, they sort of just threw their mother, which Ma knew was dead, into the trunk. Events like this is abnormal to the present day person, so I understand that they went through an extent of hardship we're not accustom to. I think it's just the way I process things. I know it's sad, yes, I know people went through hardship, yes, but I don't feel so much sympathy in this case. The book is more easy going with that feeling, "Yeah, it just happened." so that's the mentality I get from it. When something bad happens or I see the situation they're in, I think, "Bah, it just happened." Overall, I'm think that way any way so the whole thought of sympathy in general is something I don't do. Additionally, I don't favor this book that much which adds to me not having a lot to say about this book.