The Turtleeeeeeeeeeeee

The story “The Turtle” is a chapter from the famous book Grapes of Wrath, written by John Steinbeck. In the short chapter, Steinbeck describes the hardships a turtle had to go through in a short period of time. He wrote about how it stumbled across the busy and dangerous road, and how it crawled through the tall rough grass. The comparison Steinbeck tries to make here is using the turtle as something to symbolize how people went from place to place to find work during the great depression. Throughout the whole entire chapter, there were many concrete and strong descriptions of the turtle, as well as the atmosphere around the turtle. The one I enjoyed the most was introduction to the second paragraph. The introduction to the second paragraph was very solid and unique. It talked about the area the turtle started in. Steinbeck used many yet so simple words to make a fairly interesting and portraying picture. In conclusion, I like Steinbeck’s literature pieces and would like to read more.

The Big Terrible Flood

Flood is a terrible natural disaster that not only kills and destroys, but also makes a big ugly mess. The story “The Flood” is a short writing piece from The Grapes of Wrath, writing by John Steinbeck, that describes the disaster in a very real and sad way. Steinbeck, like many of his other works, starts out by giving a concrete description of the surroundings. We can tell this is happening by the first sentence “Over the high coast mountains and over the valleys the gray cloud marched in from the ocean (Steinbeck 1)”. This first sentence is telling us about the coming of the flood. I like the structure because I get to know straight off hand what is happening in the story. After the descriptions of the incoming weather, Steinbeck introduces the humans in the story which can establish the tone of the writing piece: a very sad and depressing tone. Steinbeck described the action of the people as “They Splashed along, carrying the children, carrying the very old, in their arms. And if a barn stood on high ground, it was filled with people shivering and hopeless (Steinbeck 2)”. This line is a very heartbreaking and moving line. It is also a line that can immediately introduce the tone to the reader. Steinbeck talks about how sad and poignant the victim’s situation is, which easily sets the tone of depression and sadness. Last of all, Steinbeck is a bit simple to Langston Hughes in the sense that they both like to use simple words and phrases to establish a good description of the big picture. For example in the beginning, Steinbeck creates very vivid images, using pretty simple words and phrases but in niche positions. He wrote “The rain began with gusty showers, pauses and downpours; and then gradually it settled to a single tempo, small drops and a steady beat, rain that was gray to see through, rain that cut midday light to evening (Steinbeck 2). This line consists of fairly simple words, yet creates a very bright picture of the atmosphere of the incoming flood. In conclusion, the writing piece “The Flood” is a sad and very descriptive piece of work that outlines how hard it was at that period of time in history.

Bretyral

Betray is something that we all have probably experienced so far in our lives. It is not a easy thing to deal with, but it makes us mentally stronger. I think that it really depends on what kind of person you are to forgive somebody who has betrayed you. But i don't think that betrayal is something that is ok to do. However, for me, some kinds of betrayal can be forgivable. Friendship Betrayal is kind of hard to forgive because friendships is like the most stable kind of "ship". When it is sunk or betrayaled, it will be the hardest because a lot of stuff is shared in a friendship. If a friend betrayed me or told a secret, i probably wont forgive them if they do not show a proper explanation or apology. If my wife would cheat on me, with sexual relations with other guys, i would not forgive her. I would just go find somebody else, afterall there are more women in the world :P.