So I finished The Grapes Of Wrath, which was pretty much the

>>9471934
Continue on to East of Eden

Check out Germinal at some point.

>>9471934
The movie was better.

>>9471934

steinbros get in here!

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>Be severely malnourished.
>Underweight.
>Pregnant.
>Give birth to a stillborn baby.
>Still have enough milk, despite being severely malnourished, to give to a dying man in a barn.

Hmm.

>>9472463
>Be severely malnourished

this was the default state of human beings 10,000 years ago. Yet they managed to feed their children. The human body can take a lot of punishment and continue functioning.

>>9471934
I really liked the scene with dance. Steinbeck wrote it very well.

Might have to reread it now that I actually understand Exodus though. You have to have quite a deep understanding of the Bible to read Steinbeck desu.

>>9472463
a triumph of the human spirit

>>9472539
>You have to have quite a deep understanding of the Bible to read Steinbeck desu.
Read Of Mice and Men and didn't see much in the way of biblical allusion, outside of the obvious Heaven allegory.

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>>9471934

Thrilling opening post. Lots to think about here. I'm sure this'll be a great thread.

>>9472544
Well you can also say the same about his travel writings. I'm obviously referring to his 'heavier' works here.

>>9472544
That's like ten pages.
I'm reading Tortilla Flat and the biblical allusions are pretty prevelant

https://youtu.be/D7va0sM5eSs

>black people don't read

>>9472531

No it wasn't. 10,000 years ago we didn't have the population collapse of game animals and people knew how to live off the land. There were always feast and famine years, the solution is to have children during the feast year, and practice infanticide when needed.

>>9472551
>>9472554
I assumed that would be the case, really

>>9472561
Greek boys did not enter puberty until they were 16-17 due to low protein diets. This is when we had civilisation, farming and trade. What you have said is foolery.

>>9472438
False.

>The people come with nets to fish for potatoes in the river, and the guards hold them back; they come in rattling cars to get the dumped oranges, but the kerosene is sprayed. And they stand still and watch the potatoes float by, listen to the screaming pigs being killed in a ditch and covered with quick-lime, watch the mountains of oranges slop down to a putrefying ooze; and in the eyes of the people there is the failure; and in the eyes of the hungry there is a growing wrath. In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.

This is the GOAT title drop.

>>9471938
I'm reading that now, it's great. Probably my favorite Steinbeck novel.