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Q. How do Steinbeck’s references to and variations on Biblical characters and stories affect the reader’s experience/understanding of the novel?
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A. Steinbeck’s references to Biblical characters and stories influence the reader’s idea and image of the scene in the novel. For example, Jim Casy is a Christ-Like figure in the novel, so most of the readers will put their reputations of Jesus, a religious leader with beard and have many disciples, onto Casy, which gives the readers an idea of what characteristics Jim Casy may or may not have. Well, why didn’t Steinbeck use another story then? Why does it have to be referred from the Holy Bible, instead of teenagers’ favorite novels? Well, the Holy Bible is certainly the most famous book in the world with hundreds of different language, and it can definitely make clearer sense and meaning than any other “best-seller books”. OK then, how would it gain experience and understanding of the novel for the readers? The readers already knew the Bible stories so well that they couldn’t possibly learn anything new, right? The part about knowing the Bible stories well is right. The part about they couldn’t learn new stuff from Steinbeck’s book is not right. Steinbeck used different perspectives of the not-exactly-same pattern of the stories in the Bible. Although the biblical characters and scenes may be similar to the Bible stories, they may be different, too. For instance, even though the action of Uncle John sending Rose of Sharon’s baby down the river sounds alike to Moses in the Bible being sent down the river, two actions represent, in fact, the opposite meanings. Rose of Sharon’s baby represents many of the migrants’ miserable lives. On the other hand, Moses represents the chance of living and a new future life. Steinbeck varied the Biblical characters through his writing. His charterers gave these similar yet totally different comparisons to provide a new idea of the spirituality of Christianity to his readers.
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《憤怒的葡萄》分析
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Sept 16, 2015
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