Grapes of Wrath Introduction Many organizational theories have been formulated, particularly touching on economic and social development. Sustainability is a vital element for all organizations that intend on having continuity in their core business activities. For organizations, sustainability efforts involve establishing mechanisms needed for carrying on and continuously enhancing the organizations activities while trying to achieve the main objective.
According to Coblentz (2002), the majority of organizations have missions and long-term goals and objectives through which when attained indicate success for what they set out as their main objective. According to Coblentz (2002), organizational sustainability is not a static process, rather, progresses through time. A journey involves many interdependent processes that are sometimes reliant on each other for attaining the bottom line. Keeping organizations sustainable is a collective process, which requires people working as a group to have one common direction, in which all members are dedicated to.
Such members must speak in one voice; make strides towards achieving their targets with synergy and unity of purpose if sustainability is to be achieved in the end. Coblentz (2002) argues that there are three important aspects involved in molding sustainability of an organization. He claims that to achieve sustainability, organizations need to have moral strength, strong financial and institutional frameworks. He argues that all three are required in equal ratio, reiterating that a strength in one cannot substitute a weakness in the other.
The following is an analysis of the film “The Grapes of Wrath,” main characters, and their participation in ensuring personal and societal sustainability within different contexts within the film Summary of the Main Characters The characters depicted in the film “The Grapes of Wrath” are many times stereotypes and at times archetypes. In addition, there is a strong dichotomy of “bad people’ and “good people. ” For instance, in the film, the Joad family is depicted in good light, and therefore placed in the category of “good people.
“Good people” help in enhancing moral sustainability within the society by being role models for others to emulate. They give a good example of how to maintain good social systems where every individual lives with each other harmoniously. Jane Darwell portrays Ma Joad as a strong woman, who bears the burden of maintaining the family, her strength being a good example of the qualities needed to maintain families together in times of difficulty. In spite of the short period he was incarcerated, Tom Joad is a good person.
He has had a revelation of what justice ought to be, and he is seen fighting for the “good people” within the film. In addition, Casy, the preacher that was unable to enhance further his vocation is a tragically “good guy. ” This is because he motivates Tom Joad to approach life from a new dimension. It is evident that the Joad family denotes ‘the individuals,” an honest and hardworking citizenry, fully supportive of each other in enhancing moral sustainability within the society.
After the arrival of the Joad family in Keene Fruit Ranch and Hooverville Camp, police officers and overseers that are evidently corrupt, depicted in the film to battle the “good guys”, meet them. The film demonstrates a sharp difference between the good people working on the farms and the bad people, who are tasked with the management of the camps. This is later contrasted to what the family finds within the government-managed camps, where after arriving they are met by a person wearing white attire who inexplicably resembles Franklin D. Roosevelt.
In this film, there is a clear distinction between the good people and the bad people. Institutional Sustainability Coblentz (2002) defines institutional stability as having the correct tools for carrying out and constantly enhancing its activities in trying to fulfill a defined mission. The process of attaining sustainability must involve organizations with welldefined missions and a blend of objectives and goals, the achievement of which guarantees the successful chase of the organization’s mission. Coblentz states that it is not mandatory that all organizations be self-sufficient.
The majority organizations will at some point depend on external support in trying to achieve their missions and goals. In trying to achieve sustainability within the society, the Grapes of Wrath presents different scenarios that involve the struggles of life and survival, the many challenges people encounter and what it takes to attain a sustainable lifestyle. The film is centered on the family unit, the societal perceptions of what the family ought to be and the difficulties involved in sustaining the family unit together.
It is a film that highlights the importance of moral uprightness, the significance of finances and what holds societal institutions together to ensure a sustainable future. The Grapes of Wrath film is a story that is centered on two families: the collective body of workers and the Joad’s family. Even though the load’s family is primarily genetically related, the film points to another factor that enhances the unity between the family members.
The commitment and loyalty to each other are fundamental in establishing their true association, thus playing a major role in maintaining sustainability in the institution of marriage. Within the life of the migrants as depicted in the film, the familial biological entities, without a physical home to establish its borders, is swiftly forgotten, since life while travelling demands that people adjust to new dynamics, demanding that new kinships and connections be formed.
This phenomenon is best demonstrated when the Joad amily meets the Wilson family, and within a short time, they become a single entity, supporting each other through the life’s difficulties for the ultimate goal of ensuring sustainability of their families. The joining happens between different groups of people to make them stronger within the migrant’s society, for instance, twenty families transformed into one big unit, and, therefore, all the children became children of all. Losing a home became a loss experienced by all the members, and the golden period in the much-desired West was a dream shared by all.
When confronted by life’s challenges, the migrant’s livelihoods depended upon their unity. At the beginning of the film, the Joad family is dependent on the customary familial setup in which the men are responsible for making the decisions, whereas the women obey and effect the instructions passed on from the men. So entrenched in these positions are they that they continuously respect Granpa as the family’s head, notwithstanding his inability to act decisively. As the Joad’s make their trip to California, there is a drastic change in the family dynamic.
Defeated and discouraged by the increasing challenges and failures, Pa secludes himself, officially withdrawing from the roles accorded to him by the society. Ma adopts these responsibilities, which include making important decisions on matters touching on the family. Initially, Pa is shocked by her actions, and at some point says she will receive a beating that will put her back to her appropriate place. Those threats are nonetheless baseless and empty, a fact that the whole family acknowledges. With the intention of holding the family unit together, her leadership comes in handy.
Ma endures psychological pain and agony in silence, with the full understanding that Granma has passed on, riding side by side with her lifeless body for the family to make a successful journey through the desert. Her strength to remain calm and act decisively and to do all actions that will be in the best interest of the family’s sustainability enables her to lead her family when the “head of the House” Pa starts to hesitate and falter. Even though Ma Joad does not share her sorrows with anyone, opting to keep them to herself, she does not advocate for people to separate. Ma is a strong supporter of family unions.
