Blog #28: The Grapes of Wrath

One of my favorite quotes is from The Grapes of Wrath. In all three books I read, a lot of the passages really go right along with life. The line in The Grapes of Wrath reads, “The bank is something more than men, I tell you. It’s the monster. Men made it, but they can’t control it” (Steinbeck 32). I think this is so very true with life. Money is the underlining problem to almost any problem that anyone faces. It could seem like it is the furthest thing from money, but money factors in someway. Money is a actually quite a horrible thing. Those with money are usually the most heartless and unhappy. And those who lack a lot of money, are miserable because they do not think they have enough. Money is truly the root of all evil. I feel like the people with money think that they are better than everyone else, and are definitely not afraid of showing it. I feel that the people who are poor, so to say, are embarrassed of themselves and hide in the shadows of our world. That is really no way to live, either way. Then there are those in the middle class who, I do not even know how to explain. I think most of our area of people in the school district are well-off middle class. But there are always those who are exceptions. I am content with the life I live. I always think about what it would be like to have more money, but then I remember that money is the root of all evil. Then I am fine with being where I am. I have my own job, and I pay anything that is not considered essential according to my mom's discretion. I am being taught the responsibility of money and work. I feel like Tom Joad and the others in this novel already realize this. They know how hard it is to live sometimes, and they are trying their best.

Steinbeck, John. The Grapes of Wrath. NY: Penguin, 1939. Print.