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Demoiselle

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6. Tom Joad is the iconic hero of "Grapes of Wrath"...

Fri May 24, 2013, 05:45 PM

May 2013

John Steinbeck's great novel of the Depression. Tom loads his family into their rattletrap car and leaves dried-up, starving Oklahoma for California. He's a decent man, but ultimately powerless in the grinding maw of poverty, no justice, and horrible luck.
It should be required reading/viewing for everyone in the country.

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Who is Tom Joad? [View all] Taverner May 2013 OP

FUCKING BRILLIANT !!!! Let's go viral! elehhhhna May 2013 #1

It says the video is blocked... Ohio Joe May 2013 #2

Just Google Tom Joad. RebelOne May 2013 #5

no clip of fonda giving the speech at the end, though elehhhhna May 2013 #25

OMG The link says the video has been blocked by FOX elehhhhna May 2013 #3

Aw fuck... Taverner May 2013 #4

You know what? That's actually babylonsister May 2013 #52

Tom Joad is the iconic hero of "Grapes of Wrath"... Demoiselle May 2013 #6

It is my all time favorite book! sammytko May 2013 #7

He is all three and then some... Taverner May 2013 #13

Me, neither, Ma, but - just somethin' I been thinkin' about. Brother Buzz May 2013 #8

+1000 Taverner May 2013 #11

Amen. nolabear May 2013 #43

You and me, both Brother Buzz May 2013 #55

He's the main character in one of the greatest American novels. LuvNewcastle May 2013 #9

Fuck Google and Fox sideways. Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #10

+1000000000000 - go see the movie and read the book Taverner May 2013 #12

Read the book and saw the movie a long, long time ago. n/t RebelOne May 2013 #14

Awesome. So you are "here" then. nt Taverner May 2013 #15

Yeah, exactly........ socialist_n_TN May 2013 #16

Yes. Exactly. eom. Taverner May 2013 #24

Grapes of Wrath is on Netflix right now LeftInTX May 2013 #31

Woody Guthrie wrote a long song that summarized the movie for "people who didn't have enough byeya May 2013 #17

The Ghost of Tom Joad... DreamGypsy May 2013 #18

THAT was powerful........ socialist_n_TN May 2013 #20

He was an OKLAHOMAN CBGLuthier May 2013 #19

No, he was a SOCIALIST treated like shit by CAPITALISTS n/t Taverner May 2013 #22

who just happened to live in California CBGLuthier May 2013 #27

YES - that happened to live in California Taverner May 2013 #28

CALIFORNIA IS FOR ALL!!!! Taverner May 2013 #51

Exactly what the parasite class wants, I'm sure they appreciate it. n/t Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #23

You and Tav are on FIRE today...... socialist_n_TN May 2013 #26

at EVERY turn! Seriously. Taverner May 2013 #29

Thank you, I had the time and the resident faction of corporatist/authoritarian/fascists here Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #35

Bakersfield Californians they are our tea party people upaloopa May 2013 #30

And half a century later the same parasites, grown from sociopathic growers Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #36

He is the embodiment of modern evil. NT Taverner May 2013 #47

Thanks upaloopa lhooq May 2013 #38

Steinbeck dedicated Grapes of Wrath to the manager of Weedpatch Camp. They became Friends when upaloopa May 2013 #56

And this is still happening with migrant kids nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #39

Fox doesn't block hard hitting Shirley Temple movies - LOL LeftInTX May 2013 #21

That's because she was one of Reagan's political appointees. nt rdharma May 2013 #32

Yep! LeftInTX May 2013 #33

Shouldn't Evangelicals love this novel? lhooq May 2013 #34

Yep. Pretty much. Taverner May 2013 #62

Steinbeck riled up the California owning class farmers to the point that .. ananda May 2013 #37

Never to return? Brother Buzz May 2013 #40

To be buried there is not to live there Taverner May 2013 #45

Bad Form Brother Buzz! oildummy666 Jun 2013 #63

I do not believe Brother Buzz is being disrespectful or stupid. redwitch Jun 2013 #64

Good grief. Welcome to DU, may you learn something here. And, fwiw, Steinbeck is buried lower uppityperson Jun 2013 #65

Good Grief, Indeed oildummy666 Jul 2013 #66

Steinbeck is my model Taverner May 2013 #44

It's been blocked by FOX. Anyone have it elsewhere? nolabear May 2013 #41

Do you want the t 0 rr 3 n+ link? Taverner May 2013 #46

Aw man, let me upload it to my Dropbox Taverner May 2013 #48

Thank you! nolabear May 2013 #54

h3r3 Taverner May 2013 #50

"This video contains content from Fox, who has blocked it on copyright grounds." Cleita May 2013 #42

Here! Taverner May 2013 #49

From The Grapes of Wrath...Wikipedia SummerSnow May 2013 #53

Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath. More American than the Bible. nt PufPuf23 May 2013 #57

WAAAAYYYYY more AMERICAN than 'The Bible'..... Taverner May 2013 #58

Someone using the name Tom Joad posts some great stuff on Facebook dflprincess May 2013 #59

Here's a version of "Tom Joad" my friend made Generic Other May 2013 #60

This is the 1st year in my teaching career I haven't taught it Nevernose May 2013 #61