Sep 5, 2008

In Dubious Battle | In Dubious Battle

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Author: John Steinbeck
First Published: 1936
Type of Work: Novel
Type of Plot: Social realism
Time of Work: 1930’s
Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
Subjects: Values, North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Communism or communists, 1930’s, Poverty or poor people, California, West, U.S., Violence, Migrant labor, Strikes or lockouts
Locales: Northern California

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City. Unnamed California city at the start of the novel that is probably San Francisco. The signs of the economic Depression are everywhere here. Steinbeck wastes little time describing this setting, but it is in this city that Jim Nolan begins his education, by joining the Communist Party. He has been “dead” in this modern and alienating urban environment for some time, but under the tutelage of Mac, a Party organizer, he makes his commitment to the causes of social justice and begins to come alive.

Torgas Valley. Rich farmland full of apple...

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In Dubious Battle | In Dubious Battle

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