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*A literary movement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
*Views human beings as animals in the natural world, responding to environmental forces and internal stresses and drives, none of which they can control or understand.
*Emphasizes either a biological or a socioeconomic determinism.
*Naturalists strive to be objective in the presentation of material; amoral in the view of the struggle in which human animals find themselves, neither condemning nor praising human beings for actions beyond their control
*Pessimistic about human capabilities
*The fog/mist.
Go through the text and highlight any mention of this symbol. Then, in pairs, try to figure out what the fog/mist symbolizes.
"The Hawkins women, they’re
symbols. They’re what we tell our kids when we want to – well, to describe good people.”
"A community would feel kind of – safe, having women like that about. A place like Loma with its fogs, with its great swamp like a hideous sin, needed, really needed, the Hawkins women. A few years there might do things to a man’s mind if those women
weren’t here to balance matters. "
"They can’t do anything bad. It wouldn’t be good for any of us if the Hawkins sisters
weren’t the Hawkins sisters.”
“The community conscience?” I asked.
“The safe thing,” he cried. “The place where a kid can get gingerbread. The place where a girl can get reassurance. They’re proud, but they believe in things we hope are true. And
they live as though – well, as though honesty really is the best policy and charity really is its own reward. We need them.”
*What does he look like? What are some examples of specific language Steinbeck uses to describe him? Find THREE specific examples in the text.
*What is the "trick" he performs at the bar?
*What is the big secret that Johnny reveals?
*Where are we?
*Describe the situation with the swamps: what is happening to the north and south of the town?
*Describe the Buffalo Bar