This thesis paper analyzes how Steinbeck´s Joads in The Grapes of Wrath were discriminated and violated in their civil rights by fellow Americans under the banner of the “Red Scare”, effectively shutting the door on their personal American Dream for the time being, by stripping them off rights granted by the Founding Fathers to every American. This paper will look at facts why those tactics and methods have been - and to some part - are still successful within the American society in dividing it and creating fear, anger and social unrest within society.
Content
1. Introduction
2. Origin of the “Red Scare”
3. The “Red Scare” and the American Dream
4. The Grapes of Wrath in the Context of the “Red Scare”
4.1 Style and Language
4.2 The Suffering of the Joads Under the “Red Scare” Paranoia
4.2.1 The Autocracy of the AF
4.2.2 The Right to Life and Liberty
4.2.3 The Right to Private Ownership of Property
4.3 The Motivations and Methods Behind the “Red Scare” Tactics
4.3.1 Motivation by Greed
4.3.2 Motivation by Existential Fear
4.3.3 Methods of Repression
5. Conclusion
6. Works Cited
- Quote paper
- Jürgen Stary (Author), 2012, The Associated Farmers of California, Inc. Versus the Joads, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/200577
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