In Ma, then, is the paradigm of Lao Tze's balanced man -- the one who sees and copes with the paradoxical nature of yin and yang, of strength residing in apparent weakness." (Meyer, p
They all depen' on me jus' thinkin' about that." (Steinbeck, p
"In Ma Joad we encounter one of the great authentic people of fiction. The rest are puppets with differentiating traits." (Whicher, p
Over thirteen million people, nearly 25% of the workforce, were now unemployed" (Editors, 2000). Early in his Inaugural Address, newly elected President Franklin Delano Roosevelt told the nation, "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself" (Roosevelt, 1995, p
Steinbeck noted the greed of the banks and other institutions, too, when he wrote, "Banks 'breathe profits; they eat interest on money. If they don't get it, they die the way you die without air, without side-meat'" (Steinbeck, 1993, p