The novel In Dubious Battle is a story about conflict between the working class and the wealthier elite. Mac, a red, is sent by the Communist Party to stir up a revolt against the avaricious proprietors and return justice to the working class with a substantial wage along with dignity. Like any other strike, Mac would continue to another group of agitated workers who needed a leader to rebel. There was never a finishing conclusion. " "There ain't no after," Mac said. "When this one's done, we"ll be in another one." " (Steinbeck 265). The knowledge the reds (such as Mac) gained in leadership, persuasion and organization of large groups was astonishing, which is why the strikes took their toll in the 1930's. The Communist Party accepts people of all race and desires to appoint skilled servicemen to continue their idealism. Therefore, Mac was introduced to a man named Jim Nolan, a man with a futile future that Mac felt he might be able to train during the next strike. .
"In Dubious Battle" was the culmination of events such as the lowering of wages, unsafe equipment and unsanitary living conditions which finally motivated the workers to use their power to strike. Torgas valley was in the hands of the Growers Association, who by virtue of ownership of the orchards also held power. In our culture the suspicion that life can be unfair presents a cloud of injustice, which gathers over the soul. Initially the workers allowed the growers to have absolute power because they provided jobs. As the workers became a bigger part of the organization they began to see how they were treated unfairly. When the growers did not have absolute authority, force was utilized to support their power. The growers hired vigilantes to harass and kill the striking workers that refused to come back to work. Another way they implemented their power over the pickers was through substandard wages and over charging for food.
Ten Novels by John Steinbeck • Cup of Gold - 1929 • The Red Pony - 1933 • Tortilla Flat - 1935 • In Dubious Battle - 1936 • Sea of Cortez - 1941 • The Moon is Down - 1942 • The Pearl - 1947 • The Wayward Bus - 1947 • Burning Bright - 1950 • East of Eden - 1952 Steinbeck's Style His work in this book seems to depict the economic problems of rural labour in the USA. ...
In 1902 John Steinbeck was born, in Salinas California. John grew up in the Monterey Bay region, and later used this region for many of his fiction novels. In 1920 Steinbeck left his home and went to Stanford University. John attended Stanford from 1920-1926, but failed to earn a degree. After Stein...
John Ernst Steinbeck was born and raised in Salinas, California. As a child he always aspired to become a great writer. Between the years of 1920 and 1925 Steinbeck attended Stanford University. While at Stanford University, Steinbeck took classes in writing techniques. Although John Ernst Steinb...
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"Yesterday afternoon a most desperate battle was fought in the Ring, in Hyde Park, between a butcher's apprentice of St. ... Katterselto, which lasted upwards three quarters of an hour, during which time the success of the combatants was as dubious as it was obstinate. ... The Black, though he bears the character of meekness and sobriety, has been unfortunate enough to have been obliged to fight no less than five scuffling battles within this week, all with young men of superior strength and proven victorious." ... Not in a sport like manner, but during these times (1880's) whi...
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Such profound words of wisdom manifest themselves not only in intellectual thought, but also by means of historical logic and rational reflection upon Man's journey as the Rebel, both righteously battling against the corrupt and the vile for a just end, while in tandem with these Utopian ideals, he employs the means of a malicious and wicked nature. ... The recurrent premise that Man battles, and thus rebels, against an authority to achieve something better, becomes the standard for this philosophical inquiry into what amounts to be a pseudo-egalitarian motive for bettering oneself by mea...
The texas revolution followed and its battles caused many deaths on both sides. The most famous one being the battle of the Alamo. After the Texas revolution and the battle of the Alamo Americans were enraged and wanted revenge. ... Polk invoked a dubious plan to invade a neighboring country and deceived a country into going to war with another (Lillegard ). ... Taken by surprise, Santa Anna had little chance of winning the battle, still the mexicans fought hard. ...
He was appalled by what he saw in the battlefields and swiftly changed his mind set that wars are productive and was quoted as saying " There is no dignity in death in battle". ... The novels "In Dubious Battle", "Of Mice and Men" and "The grapes of Wrath" are all deeply associated with the contemporary social chaos the Great depression caused. ...
