In Dubious Battle

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In Dubious Battle is a 1936 novel by John Steinbeck that portrays the struggles and moral complexities of labor organizing during a fruit pickers’ strike in California.

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instanceOf novel ⓘ
work of fiction ⓘ
author John Steinbeck ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
depicts union organizing tactics ⓘ
violence during labor disputes ⓘ
explores the ethics of political manipulation ⓘ
the psychology of crowds ⓘ
linked to: Völkerpsychologie
filmAdaptationDirector James Franco ⓘ
filmAdaptationReleaseYear 2016 ⓘ
firstEditionFormat hardcover ⓘ
focusesOn agricultural labor ⓘ
migrant workers ⓘ
followedBy Of Mice and Men ⓘ
The Grapes of Wrath ⓘ
genre political novel ⓘ
proletarian novel ⓘ
social realist novel ⓘ
hasAdaptation In Dubious Battle (2016 film) ⓘ
inspiredBy California agricultural labor conflicts ⓘ
literaryMovement American realism ⓘ
linked to: Realism
literarySignificance early exploration of Steinbeck’s social themes ⓘ
mainTheme class struggle ⓘ
collective action ⓘ
labor organizing ⓘ
moral ambiguity ⓘ
power and exploitation ⓘ
majorCharacter Doc Burton ⓘ
Joy ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

Mac McLeod ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
organizationDepicted the Party ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf John Steinbeck’s labor trilogy ⓘ
protagonist Jim Nolan ⓘ
publicationYear 1936 ⓘ
publisher Covici-Friede ⓘ
settingCountry United States ⓘ
settingLocation California ⓘ
settingRegion Torgas Valley ⓘ
subject fruit pickers’ strike ⓘ
labor strike ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting Great Depression era ⓘ
linked to: Great Depression
titleAlludesTo “In dubious battle on the plains of Heaven” ⓘ
titleOrigin John Milton’s Paradise Lost ⓘ
linked to: Paradise Lost

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