REBELLION AGAINST TRADITONAL VALUES IN JOHN STEINBECK�S THE GRAPES OF WRATH

• Main Authors: , Titis Setyabudi , SS., , Prof. Bakdi Soemanto
• Format: Theses and Dissertations NonPeerReviewed
• Published: [Yogyakarta] : Universitas Gadjah Mada 2013
• Subjects: ETD
• Online Access: https://repository.ugm.ac.id/119417/; http://etd.ugm.ac.id/index.php?mod=penelitian_detail&sub=PenelitianDetail&act=view&typ=html&buku_id=59418
• Institution: Universitas Gadjah Mada

This thesis discusses rebellion against traditional values in John Steinbeck�s The Grapes of Wrath. This study elaborates traditional values in America in early twenty century coming from family values that begin to be questioned when the supporter of the values facing turmoil situation. This research is conducted under discipline of American studies employing interdisciplinary approach. This thesis attempts to portrait the condition of America in early twenty century that influences social changing in the society, one of the changing is values. It is reflected by John Steinbeck in his The Grapes of Wrath. This study begins with an introductory note presenting American traditional values in early twenty century and the previous period. It is also depicted the condition of the people in Great Depression era, the experience that changes many aspects of people life. They have to adapt with the great changing that forces them to change they life. This study then discloses that there is rebellion toward American values. Those values have a tremendous shift in its journey. In past, the traditional values