Grapes of Wrath Movie v book
A Movie without a Theme T. ... Swadley "Like Steinbecks book, the film follows the Joads, an Okie family trying to get to California in an overloaded jalopy filled with crying children, beaten-down people, and dying grandparents. ... His reluctance was shown quite clearly in both the novel and the movie, both of these symbolizing what Casey said in the book, when he was speaking on Granpas death, “An Grampa didn die tonight. ... While he didnt die with the Wilsons in the movie, his death still symoblized an underlying theme in the book. ... It was as though Granpa had a connection to the land, and this was conveyed in both the movie and the book, though it did seem a little more clear in the book. ... Her continual deterioration is quite obvious in both the book and the movie after her husbands death, but most of all, one would notice that in both, Granma is dead when they are stopped by the agricultural inspector. ... Jim Caseys saying in the book, “There’s a woman so great with love-she scares me"(Steinbeck, 295), would apply properly to both the book and the movie. ... This scene did not seem of great importance at first, but once one began to truly read the book, they would see a large amount of foreshadowing from the turtle. ... One missing aspect of the movie that held great significance in the book was the flood. ... Such amazing metaphorical meanings were completely lost in the movie, thanks to Ford looking for a more happy and hopeful ending than the destruction Steinbeck showed. Possibly the most important scene missing from the movie is the birth of the stillborn child. ... Another important factor that was left out of the movie, though left out for a good cause, was the very final scene.