THE WHOLE OF WOMANHOOD IN THE GRAPES OF WRATH
...he book we have seen her concerned almost exclusively with herself and her problems. Now she looks out at the world and turns completely about. In an act of extreme charity, she suckles a dying man with the milk of human kindness. Rose of Sharon discovers that everybody must be treated as family if they are to endure. It's a message of love, which Rose of Sharon powerfully dramatizes for us in a barn. Jim Casy, one of the three most important characters in the Grapes of Wrath only appears in about one third of the book, yet we In most societies women are the ones in charge of taking care of the family and being responsible for carrying the seed of life and nurturing it. In The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck uses four women: Ruthie, Rose of Sharon, Ma Joad, and Grandma to reveal more than just responsibilities, but they stIn most societies women are the ones in charge of taking care of the family and being responsible for carrying the seed of life and nurturing it. In The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck uses four women: Ruthie, Rose of Sharon, Ma Joad, and Grandma to reveal more than just responsibilities, but they stIn most societies women are the ones in charge of taking care of the family and being responsible for carrying the seed of life and nurturing it. In The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck uses four women: Ruthie, Rose of Sharon, Ma Joad, and Grandma to reveal more than just responsibilities, but they stIn most societies women are the ones in charge of taking care of the family and being responsible for carrying the seed of life and nurturing it. In The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck uses four women: Ruthie, Rose of Sharon, Ma Joad, and Grandma to reveal more than just responsibilities, but they stIn most societies women are the ones in charge of taking care of the family and being responsible for carrying the seed of life and nurturing it. In The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck uses four women: Ruthie, Rose of Sharon, Ma Joad, ...