1. The Grapes of Wrath
Means “hope”.
Good way to
start. Also music
will be playing in
background.>>
Presented masterfully by: Alyshah Ali,
Arbaaz Bhimani, Alex Ikerd, Brooke
Nielson, Jordin Turner, and David Wang

2. Explorations of Chapter 14
• Summary:
• Excerpts:
• Literary Elements:
• Symbol of hope>>
It’s a dove, commonly held to
be a symbol of hope.

3. Digression into the Arts
• We’ll have some pictures/time to explain
songs here**

4. Explorations of Chapter 17
• Summary:
• Excerpts:
• Literary Elements:
Steinbeck often stresses the
importance of a family being
together>>
Here we can see that even though
this family is living in desperate
In this chapter there’s a tidbit
poverty, it is their togetherness
about “twenty families
and resilience to separation that
became one family.” That
allows them to be happy and
should serve as our excerpt.
content with their lives, however
wretched as they may be.

5. Video goes here*
• Good place to put a video, trust me.

6. Explorations of Chapter 19
• Summary:
• Excerpts:
• Literary Elements:
Self explanatory, yes it is a
demotivational poster but still
meaningful, since this
chapter is mostly about how
the farmers struggle to barely
make ends meet daily in
We could put something like…there’s not
California, and how they
always light at the end of a long tunnel,
often don’t have time to relax
representing the journey taken by the
or take a break.
migrant tenant farmers.

7. What will happen is
• In between the slides, we’ll have pictures
depicting symbols and themes found
throughout grapes. When it’s all done, we
can arrange who to explain whichever
picture. That way, the audience won’t get
bored and neither will we. If you have
ideas for pictures, please post them on the
group’s wall. Best if they’re humorous.