Answer the following questions, either alone or with a partner. Your responses should be three-four sentences in length. You should be making connections between the NYT article and Steinbeck's text.
1. What is the main idea of this NYT article? What is its connection to OMAM?
The main idea of the NYT article is that the economy is on a way toward recovery and it is going up. In OMAM the two mens lives are going up and they are now working.
2. According to the article, "Some Forecasters See a Fast Economic Recovery," what 'psychological factor' is mentioned as providing the U.S. society with a false sense of comfort? That the economy is going down known as the recession and we are supposed to be coming back. It will make people feel secure and spending money and then the psychologists think it will be picked up again.
3. Is there a similar psychological phenomenon that plays out in OMAM? [Hint: Where do the migrant workers' earnings go? Find support for your answers on pages 76-78 of the text.] The money goes to gambling, prostitution and drinking beer. They want to save to get to their farm and it is hard because they want to keep spending it and they are not saving.
When you have finished this blog posting, take out your Chapter 4 Focus Questions and review the answers with your neighbor.
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