Thursday, December 8, 2011
Re-Did Chapters 3-6 Economic and Political Pressures
The banks role is to make money off the land, sense they technically own the land they can do whatever they want with it. Considering that the land is almost dead they plant cotton which ruins the soil more, but the bank does not care because it is their last resort to try to make money. The bank is not a person it is a figure head, that way it is no one’s fault for what is happening to the people. The banks have a huge impact on the farmers and their families, now the farmers have nothing and are getting kicked off their land. The farmers have no money and are starving; now they have no home and no way of making money. The families are speechless and do not know what they are going to do. Some of the farmers decide to work with the bank to make money for their own families because they are, "look out for their own.". They in my eyes are doing the right thing; they are doing everything they can for the people they love even if it is hurting other families lives. They only get paid three dollars a day but that money sets food on the table for their family. Although from the people whose land is getting destroyed I do not think it is the right thing to do, all the farmers could try to gang up and over throw the bank instead of half of them working for the bank and the other half getting left with nothing.
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Meredith,
ReplyDeleteIt is interesting to me that you say, "they are doing everything they can for the people they love even if it is hurting other families’ lives" because I guess it depends on which end of the stick you are on - so to speak.
What I mean is, it may feel better to be the one holding the stick and beating others instead of being the one receiving the beating, but the question that Steinbeck asks us to consider is what will people do when they are the ones holding the stick?
This post scores a 3, because it doesn't reach the 250 word mark and it seems that there is some room for you to explore your idea a bit more.
Meredith,
ReplyDeleteThis second post encapsulates the ideas that Steinbeck lays out for us better. I can better understand your perspective.
This post scores a 4.