Thursday, November 6, 2008

Character Analysis: Pa Joad's Job

Before he made the decision of enduring the long journey to California he worked as a simple farmer, he grew his crops and raised his pigs. He could feed all his family and live a good life. But when the Dust Ball reached Oklahoma the crops were dying and there weren't any more jobs. So Pa Joad and his family moved to California were all his family had to work because if only he worked there wouldn't be enough food to feed his family. The fact that he had to work twice as hard an earn much less in proportion with what he earned before depressed him in a really serious way, although he doesn't share it with his family and keeps it to himself.

EB

Character Analysis: Pa's Role in the Family

At the beginning of the story Old Tom is still the head of the family; he was a fierce man, who protected his property ferociously, but when his farm is taken from him, and along with the farm his ability to sustain his family, he lost hope. Pa Joad had the respect of being the family leader, but when difficult situations started to appear he left the power to be taken over by mainly Ma Joad, that later on becomes the leader, and Tom Joad.

EB

Character Analysis: Outline

I. Pa Joad
   A. How was he in his family
      1. His Role
         a. At the beginning
         b. At the end
         c. How did his role change
      2. His Job
         a. What did he work in before going to California
         b. How much did he earn for his job?
         c. What did he think about his new job?
      3. What did he feel for Ma
         a. In the beginning
            i. When he was the leader/patriarch.
         b. At the "end", or as the story develops.
      4. Pa's priorities
         a. In relation with his family
            i. What did he do or try, to protect his family
            ii. How did he feel towards his family
               *At the beginning of the book
               * At the end of the book

EB

Character Analysis: What am I going to do?

What I am going to do is a Character Analysis of Pa Joad. In here I will describe him in every aspect possible. I will describe him with the information I have gathered from reading the book. Most of the time I will involve events that really happened in the book that supports my statements. Even though I have not finished the book I will write facts based on what I have read.

EB