In Dubious Battle
Book • 1936
In Dubious Battle follows young Jim Nolan, who joins the Communist Party and teams up with veteran organizer Mac McLeod to incite a strike among exploited migrant workers in Torgas Valley after growers cut wages.
As the strike escalates into violence, with confrontations against scabs, landowners, and authorities, the narrative examines the tensions between individual purpose and collective action, the manipulation of the masses, and the tragic costs of ideological commitment.
Steinbeck portrays the workers' defiance turning into fanaticism, highlighting the human toll without clear victors.
As the strike escalates into violence, with confrontations against scabs, landowners, and authorities, the narrative examines the tensions between individual purpose and collective action, the manipulation of the masses, and the tragic costs of ideological commitment.
Steinbeck portrays the workers' defiance turning into fanaticism, highlighting the human toll without clear victors.
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