9 Speech Skills That You Have to Improve to Get a Job of Your Dream

Congratulations! Your resume and cover letter were impressive enough to get you to the top of the pile, and now you have an interview for the job of your dream. This is the opportunity to convince the interviewer that you are perfect for the particular position. Do not miss out on that golden opportunity. Here are some speech skills you need to achieve that are all-important to make a great first impression. 1. Be Polite The way you interact with people from the receptionist to the parking attendant says a lot about what kind of employee you will be. Greet everyone in a warm, friendly way. During your interview, take care to exude positivity and enthusiasm. You will never get another chance to make the first impression. 2. Don’t Give out Too Much Information When you’re nervous, you may be tempted to ramble on about irrelevant or too personal topics. This behavior could immediately disqualify you from the job. Also, do not convey any expectations about payment. There will be time to ask about that later if you are offered the job. 3. Practice and Prepare Avoid the trap of freezing or rambling by studying common interview questions and preparing your responses to them. Do not memorize your answers; simply practice some key points. This preparation will help you feel more confident so you can portray your best self. 4. Attend to Your Non-Verbal Communication Your body language should convey an impression of confidence. Stand up straight and maintain eye contact with the interviewer. Try not to fidget or slouch. Greet the interviewer with a firm handshake. 5. Research the Company Impress your interviewer not just with your knowledge of the job description and the company, but also of the community, the core values and mission, and any notable achievements. Check out the company website, Glassdoor, and LinkedIn. With so much information readily accessible online, there’s no excuse not to do a thorough research. 6. Dress to Impress If possible, find out the company dress code beforehand and dress more formally. Any clothing you wear to your interview should be clean and ironed. Be extra vigilant about your hygiene and grooming. 7. Ask Questions During the interview, you will certainly be asked if you have any questions. Whatever you do, do not say that you have none. Asking questions shows that you are curious and interested. It’s also a good way to make sure that this company is a good fit for you. 8. Engage in Active Listening Good communicators know how to listen well. Show your interviewer that you are an active listener by nodding and occasionally paraphrasing what he or she says. Besides, this is a good way to learn more about the company. 9. Use Professional Language Do not talk to the interviewer in the same way that you would to your friends. Keep professional boundaries in the forefront and show that you know your place. Avoid personal topics and keep the conversation focused on business. Practice these skills to present your best self during the interview, and nothing will hold you back from your dreams.

The Real Cost - 1316 Words

â€Å"The Real Cost† According to â€Å"The Action of Smoking and Health,† every six seconds someone loses their life as a result of a tobacco related disease. It’s hard to realize how damaging cigarette smoking’s effect can be until you experience it first hand. It is almost certain that every one knows someone who is currently a smoker or was a smoker at some point in their life. For years smoking was the seen as the â€Å"cool† thing to do, it was how to â€Å"fit in.† There was no real emphasis placed on the dangers of this particular habit, and as a result, it became a world wide trend. In the past, technology and medicine were not nearly advanced enough to be able to determine just how harmful tobacco usage is. However, as we have made medical and†¦show more content†¦It all boils down to its social history. In practically every era since it was discovered, tobacco has been a huge social phenomenon. When tobacco was first brought to England it became a huge hit and soon there after, it spread to other parts of the world. At first it was only sold as a luxury to affluent city folk but eventually the manufacturing was revolutionized by the Bonsack machine which made it affordable for the general public. Ten years later, the American Tobacco Company was founded by James Buchanan Duke, who promoted cigarettes by using aggressive marketing and advertising techniques. The success of the cigarette was not only attributed to the witty business strategies utilized but also to the fact that young men in urban areas were smoking them and creating a trend. When World War 1 came about, smoking became an even bigger phenomenon. In fact, the military and governments organized a constant supply of cigarettes for the troops. At this point in time cigarette companies like Camel were bringing in tons of revenue. With all this new money, these companies were available to create bigger and better advertisements which resulted in more product consumers. In the early 1900’s this disposition became even more popular. In some parts of the world, up to 80% of the male populations were regular smokers. Smoking became an acceptable part of culture in almost all aspects of life; people did

Business and Corporations Law Woordside Energy Ltd.

Question: Discuss about the Business and Corporations Law for Woordside Energy Ltd. Answer: Introduction: Consider the following situations and indicate whether consideration is present and whether Jack has an enforceable agreement: In the present situation, Jane is the promisor and Jack is the promisee. Jane has offered the car to Jack, to which Jack has also agreed. Even when the elements of valid contract i.e. offer and acceptance are present, this situation lacks consideration. Jane has not mentioned any consideration for the promise to give Lotus Super 7 sports car to Jack. Consideration is an essential part of a contract without which the contract may be termed as void. It is pertinent for the promisor to receive some amount of consideration in return if the price. In other words, it can be said that consideration is the price paid for the promise. As per the common law, a promisee must give some consideration for the promise it receives, for such a contract to be valid and binding between the promisor and the promisee. (Caffrey, 1991) Further, in Placer Development Ltd. Commonwealth [(1969) 121 CLR 353], the court held that if either of the parties to the contract have an option to choose to which extent they should perform or if there is any ambiguity in determining consideration to be paid for the promise, then it shall not be considered as valid consideration and thus there shall not be any valid contract between the parties. Also, the promisor must specify the consideration in return of promise either directly or indirectly. The promisee cannot ponder on any aspect and consider it to be the consideration in return of the promise. It is necessary for the consideration to be legal; irrespective of it being of monetary value or non-monetary value. (Vermeesch Lindgren, 1971) Since, in the present case Jane has not determined the price for her promise i.e. to give car to Jack, this constitutes invalid consideration. Further, it cannot be said that from the circumstances of the case the consideration could be determined because Jane was going overseas so she would sell her car at market price. Consideration is not something, which promisee can ponder over and determine but it must come from the promisor. In the present case, promisor has not agreed to any price as the amount of consideration and thus there is no valid consideration. In the present case, Jane has offered to sell his car at a price of $25000, which is also the market value of this car and the same has been agreed between both the parties. The elements of offer, acceptance and consideration are clearly established between the parties. In terms of law, consideration is merely the price paid in return of the promise made to the other party. Such a price, which consists consideration must be of some value but is not always required to be monetary. Consideration also includes vesting of right, benefit or interest. (Shtein Lindgren, 1973) For consideration to be valid it must be in some form as stipulated by the promisor in favor of the promise. Consideration is the amount that the promisor asks from the promisee to fulfill the promise between them.(Clarke, 2013) The price for the car i.e. $25000 is the consideration in the present situation. This is a valid consideration since it is legal and has a distinct value in the eyes of law and is also enforceable before law. This is a real consideration agreed between the parties and thus constitutes valid and binding consideration. In the present situation, Jean has offered Jack to sell her car at $2500. This is a monetary amount, which is legal and has a value in the eyes of law. Consideration is also defined as a measure of intent between the parties, which is used in establishing legally binding obligations and rights between such parties. As long as there is a value of consideration, the courts shall not intervene and ponder over the question of adequacy of such consideration. It is pertinent for consideration to have some value but it is irrelevant of how much the value is actually. However, to this general rule of consideration, these are the following two exceptions:(Clarke, 2013) Deeds or documents under seal- where there are deeds or any documents under seal, then consideration is not mandatory to form a binding contract. Doctrine of promissory estoppel- this doctrine ensures enforcement of promises in such situations where otherwise it would be inequitable to do so. However, it is not a strict exception to consideration and thus cannot be strictly substituted in place of consideration. As mentioned above, the law is clear on the point that consideration is the price, which the promisor demands in return of the promise made. In respect to consideration, price is defined in a broad sense, which means that it is not necessary for the price to be determined in terms of monetary value. In Carlill v. Carbolic Smoke Ball Co., it was held that it is necessary that the consideration follows from the promisor and should move to the promisee. For consideration to be valid, it is integral that it should not be illegal or in a manner that seeks to violate any law in force. The consideration irrespective of what is it must be legally enforceable before the law. The nature of consideration was discussed in Chappell v. Nestle, wherein it was expressed that even if the promisor stipulates a mere peppercorn as consideration, it would be considered valid. Further, consideration must be such that has a value in the eyes of law. Consideration must exist in reality and should be capable of being transfer from the promisee to the promisor in lieu of the promise between them. Consideration cannot be any illusionary undertaking between the parties.(Fitzroy Legal Serive, 2015) It is of no significance that the market price of the car is $25000, but the consideration fixed in $2500. The price stipulated for the car by Jane is $2500 and the same is accepted by Jack. Thus, it forms valid consideration between the parties because all essential elements of consideration are present in it. In the present case, the main issue is that the buyers position to perform in the contract between the parties was weakened and the shipbuilder exerted wrongful use of economic pressure. This situation gives rise to economic duress. In lieu of devaluating currency, the shipbuilder demanded an extra price for the country or otherwise threatened to stop the work. On the other hand, the buyer has already entered into contracts on the basis of its contract with the shipbuilder and was required to deliver the tanker to other party. However, another issue in the present case is that even after delivery of tanker, the buyer failed to commence the legal action until a long period of nine months. Thus, now the main issue becomes whether buyer can claim the benefits of economic duress after a period of nine months. When one party takes the position of dominant party and therefore threatens to not perform in the contract until and unless certain economic conditions are not fulfilled then it constitutes economic duress. However, to prove such economic duress it is pertinent that the weaker party had no other option available rather than fulfilling the condition of the dominant party. In case of economic duress, the contract becomes voidable at the end of the weaker party and thus damages can be claimed by such party, which had to act under economic duress of the dominant party. (Stewart, 1984) The doctrine of economic duress states that if one party applies illegitimate pressure on the other party to perform then the contract becomes voidable. In Electrcity Generation Corporation t/as Verve Energy v. Woordside Energy Ltd. [2013] WA SCA 36, the Western Australian Court of Appeal held that refusing to supply additional gas and thereby forcing the other party indirectly to enter in short-term gas sale agreement, results into pressure and constitutes economic duress, wherein the contract shall be considered as voidable (Bant, 2014). In such situation, the party, which was forced to enter into contract, may claim damages before the court of law. Thus, it is pertinent for parties to consider the factor of economic duress along with good faith, when any variations are negotiated in respect to the contract. (Cahif Bordignon, 2013) In Maskell v. Horner and Skeate v. Beale, if an agreement is made under duress it cannot be termed as void. However, when there is a threat that the contract shall be rescinded and it leads to payment of valuable consideration then such contract becomes voidable so that it can be avoided and any amount of excess money can be recovered from the dominating party. Another significant principle of the contract law is the duty of the buyer to act immediately upon delivery in case any of the rights of the buyer are violated while fulfilling the contractual obligations. It is the utmost duty of the buyer to not delay in bringing the case of economic duress before the courts so that the contract can be deemed as voidable and therefore damages granted to the weaker party. Thus, a party who sleeps over his rights cannot claim such rights after a considerable period of time. The party, whose right is violated must act diligently towards it and should not make any delays in approaching the court of law. Further, in North Ocean Shipping v. Hyundai Construction (The Atlantic Baron) [1979] QB 705, the defendants threatened the claimants that the contract would not be completed until they are made good of the profits suffered due to devaluation of currency. Considering future obligations of the claimant with other parties in respect to the same contract, the claimant agreed to payment of additional price. However, in this case the claimants bought the issue before the courts of law after a period of eight months of the delivery of ship. Thus, the court held that the contract was voidable due to economic duress and the claimants would have a right to damages under such contract, however the claimants took long to approach the contract, this implies that they have affirmed the contract and therefore the right to rescind the contract was lost. In the current situation, the consideration demanded for continuing the contract constitutes good consideration to the amount of US3$ million. Further, the buyer had already contracted other parties in regards to the tanker, which was to be delivered by the shipbuilder. Thus, the buyer had to sell the tanker and required delivery as schedules in the original agreement between them. Here the buyer did not have any right to reject the new variation introduced by the shipbuilder and had to pay the additional consideration so as to avoid future loss of business and reputation. It can be clearly concluded that the buyer was bound by the shipbuilder and was under the economic duress to perform he additional variation in the contract. Such economic duress lead the contract to be voidable at the end of the buyer, whereby giving the option to the buyer to either rescind the contract or claim damages of additional consideration or do both these options before the court. However, it was pertine nt for the buyer to bring such action before the courts of law within a considerable period of time. Bringing action after a period of nine months does not constitute considerable period and thereby restricts the right of the buyer to enforce doctrine of economic duress in his favor. Thus, it can be finally concluded that still enforce the doctrine of economic duress, the buyer should bring strong proofs as to why and how it was disabled to approach the court within a considerable period of time and thereby explain the court the reasons as to why it took the buyer good nine months to enforce its rights. In the present situation, it would be highly difficult for the buyer to establish rights after a period of nine months and this aspect is clearly explained in the Atlantic Baron Case. However, if the buyer would have approached the court without making such delay, then it would have the right as granted under the doctrine of economic duress to recover damages suffered by paying additional consideration to the shipbuilder. References Placer Development Ltd. Commonwealth [(1969) 121 CLR 353], Carlill v. Carbolic Smoke Ball Co [1983] 1 QB 256 Chappell v. Nestle [1960] AC 87 Electrcity Generation Corporation t/as Verve Energy v. Woordside Energy Ltd. [2013] WA SCA 36 Maskell v. Horner [1915] 3 KB 106 Skeate v. Beale [1840] 11 AD E 983 North Ocean Shipping v. Hyundai Construction (The Atlantic Baron) [1979] QB 705 Bant, E., 2014. An Opportunity Saved: Duress in the High Court of Australia: Verve Energy. [Online] Available at: https://blogs.unimelb.edu.au/opinionsonhigh/2014/03/12/bant-verve-energy/ [Accessed 16 July 2016]. Caffrey, B.A., 1991. Guidebook to Contract Law in Australia. Australia: CCH Australia. Cahif, A. Bordignon, L., 2013. Australia: Economic duress: be careful how you act when you hold all the power under a contract. [Online] Available at: https://www.mondaq.com/australia/x/257210/Contract+Law/Economic+duress+be+careful+how+you+act+when+you+hold+all+the+power+under+a+contract [Accessed 16 July 2016]. Clarke, J., 2013. Consideration. [Online] Available at: https://www.australiancontractlaw.com/law/formation-consideration.html [Accessed 16 July 2016]. Clarke, J., 2013. Formation of Contract. [Online] Available at: https://www.australiancontractlaw.com/law/formation.html [Accessed 16 July 2016]. Fitzroy Legal Serive, 2015. The Law Handbook Victorias most trusted practical guide to the law since 1977. [Online] Available at: https://www.lawhandbook.org.au/07_01_02_elements_of_a_contract/ [Accessed 16 July 2016]. Shtein, B.J.L. Lindgren, K.E., 1973. An introduction to Business Law. The Law Book Company Limited. Stewart, A., 1984. Economic Duress- Legal Regulation of Commercial Pressure. Melbourne University Law Review, 14, pp.410-41. Vermeesch, R.B. Lindgren, K.E., 1971. Business Law of Australia. Butterworths.

The Grapes of Wrath and Fiesta Essay Example

The Grapes of Wrath and Fiesta Paper In Ernest Hemingways Fiesta (The Sun Also Rises) we are given an account of life in Europe, after the devastation of World War I. The main characters are expatriates living in Europe after all suffering through the War. Both their identity and their lives have been affected; consequently forcing them to be categorised as the lost generation1. In John Steinbecks The Grapes of Wrath we follow the Joad family as they travel west in search of a new, more prosperous life. The journey reveals the difficulties of creating an ordered, fully functioning society. In contrast to the expatriates in Fiesta; the Joads migration can be categorised as an establishment of a new generation. That is to say, a new society built on ideals of individual success and prosperity, in western America. By exploring the major themes in both novels, we can see exactly what effects the First World War and westward migration have upon the main characters. Additionally, we can see how this relates to individual actions, and American society as a whole. In Fiesta, Hemingway presents us with a series of characters whose lives have been tragically altered by the effects of the First World War. We will write a custom essay sample on The Grapes of Wrath and Fiesta specifically for you for only $16.38 $13.9/page Order now We will write a custom essay sample on The Grapes of Wrath and Fiesta specifically for you FOR ONLY $16.38 $13.9/page Hire Writer We will write a custom essay sample on The Grapes of Wrath and Fiesta specifically for you FOR ONLY $16.38 $13.9/page Hire Writer The characters are described as expatriates by Hemingway. An expatriate is defined as a person who lives outside their native country. This term usually applies to people who have fled from their home nation for particular reasons. The characters in Fiesta have taken refuge in Paris and Hemingway focuses upon their exploits in the city. The war has affected each of the main characters uniquely and significantly. Our protagonist is Jake Barnes. He was tragically wounded in the War; which has left him impotent. Then we have our second main character, Brett Ashley, a member of the English aristocracy. She was a nurse during the war and her first love was killed. These two characters propel the novels main themes. Theyre losses have significantly affected the way they live their lives in Paris. In Steinbecks The Grapes of Wrath the Joad family leave their home in Oklahoma behind to fulfil their dreams of prosperity in the west. The Joad family suffers greatly during their search for happiness. The novel reveals the difficulties and corruption that existed during the formation of a western society. The Joads represent the innocent migrants, who were persecuted by a new, evolving society that expanded over the Great Plains. Halliday makes the link of the expatriates in Fiesta to the experiences of the Joad family: There are plains in many countries that could well serve as symbols of emptiness, desolation, disaster, and death- we have some in the American west. 2 Steinbeck criticises the glamorised perception that financial success is easily achievable in the west. For Steinbeck, only way you can achieve satisfaction in all areas, is after struggle and conflict. The Joads cope with their discrimination throughout by remaining united as a family. It is this method of survival and kindness that Steinbeck praises during the novel. The effects of the War have lead critics to label the main characters in Fiesta as members of a lost generation. Their losses are significant in influencing the way they lead their lives in Paris. Being members of a lost generation, suggests that they have actually lost their sense of identity. This means that their lives no longer have any direction. The novel concentrates on the meaningless excess the main characters associate themselves with in Paris. Their lavish lifestyles lead us to believe that there is no moral boundaries in the world Hemingway has created here. This is where we notice that gender roles have also been reversed. This is most evident with Jake and Brett. Jakes wound, has in a sense removed his masculinity. He cannot maintain a relationship because of his impotence. This makes him feel less of a man; Jakes impotence gives way to a society of sexual promiscuity where they live. There does not seem to be one successful relationship; even Robert Cohns relationship with Frances is spoiled. What Jake is left with, are the personal qualities of a woman. He becomes more interested in not being alone and has lost his control over his life and others. It is his inevitable frustration that makes us pity him: We thus find Jake Barness war-wound impotence a kind of metaphor for the whole atmosphere of sterility and frustration 3 Hemingway then uses Brett to show how gender roles are reversed in Fiesta. Brett also lost something during the war; Her own true love had just kicked off with dysentery. (p48) This is the only time that Brett has been in a meaningful relationship. With the loss of her fist love, Brett is no longer able to sustain a relationship built on love and trust. Hemingway reveals this by portraying Brett as a very masculine woman. Her hair is short, she is boyish and she refers to the men as chaps. She is the promiscuous character in the novel; and behaves like a man, intimidating others and playing with the opposite sex. Spilka claims that this is the reason why love is not evident in the novel: when men no longer command respect, and women replace their natural warmth with masculine freedom and mobility, there can be no serious love. 4 The exchange in gender roles creates an additional misdirection in the lives of the main characters; without a sense of their own sexuality, theyre can be no internal identification of self. By viewing the Joad family as the new generation, we can understand the significance of their rites of passage to the west. They are in a sense, on a pilgrimage to the Promised Land. It is necessary that tests must be passed during a pilgrimage; in order to achieve success and fulfilment. The entire journey is a search for new identity. They are no longer from Oklahoma; they have left it behind. Steinbeck has characters referring to the Joads as Okies throughout; nevertheless, all the migrants are united in the search for land and prosperity. They labour on the land but it is never fully theirs. We recognize that the Joads will only feel like westerners when theyre blood and sweat has spilled onto their own land. For a new generation to be born, the older generation must give way. This is indicated with the death of both grandparents during the journey to the west. The grandparents are unable in making the transition to a new area or identification of self. They are tied to the land in Oklahoma; it is particularly significant that Grandma dies on the border to the west. She knows she cannot survive the difficulties that will face the rest of the family. Her own death is the beginning of the Joads progression into a new generation. It is apparent throughout the novel, that the characters in Fiesta have no meaning or direction in their lives. Their days are filled with drinking, eating and dancing. Their lavish lifestyles have no structure, and they respect wealth. Count Mippipopolous is admired for his generosity and wealth. Brett only remains friends with him because of his generosity. His wealth represents his masculinity; Brett therefore admires him, while Jake cannot help but feel threatened: Isnt it wonderful, said Brett. We all have titles. Why havent you a title, Jake? (p68) The Count also comments on Bretts lifestyle: Youre always drinking my dear. (p70) Hemingway emphasises the extravagance of Brett and Jakes lifestyle, through the outside characters. Robert Cohn is the prime example; he wants to escape it all and go to South America. Jake does not want to join him and we get the sense that he is afraid to start his life over again after the life he leads created by the aftermath of the war. The fact that Jake is hesitant in going also represents his dependence on a life with no structure or direction. In The Grapes of Wrath the only figures who experience excess and luxury, are the wealthy farm owners. Steinbeck intentionally makes these characters anonymous; they are myths among the poor, oppressed workers in the west. Their wealth is in direct contrast to the poverty of the workers. The wealth of the farm owners is further increased due to the oppression of the labourers. Steinbeck makes a direct insult towards the wealthy who exploited the unskilled, western workforce. The Joads suffer to feed themselves and the feeling of injustice and subordination is reiterated during the Joads stay in the camps. The injustice of worker exploitation is linked with the theme of the overall lack of justice in The Grapes of Wrath. The government run camps are personifications of injustice. There seems to be no structure of law or moral order. Steinbeck reveals that those who control the social and economic structures of the west are the complete antithesis of legality and order. This is the cause of the Joads persecution. Wealth and injustice also link into the Joads conversion into a new genera tion. Chapter 7 is the most effective example in revealing how the Joads have not yet crossed over into a modern lifestyle. The car salesmen, however, are fast talking opportunists. They are out to exploit theyre customers; and the Joads are exploited throughout the text. Steinbeck is making the point that the modern, capitalist economy is dominated by greed and corruption: Watch the womans face. If the woman likes it we can screw the old man. (p68) It is a main theme throughout the novel that the Joads are representing the traditional, family values that Steinbeck believes America was built on. As the Joads struggle to survive in the exploitation and corruption of western capitalism; they are also struggling to promote their traditional values of kindness and togetherness: wenty families became one family, the children were the children of all. (p206) In Fiesta none of the characters offer any meaningful advice to each other. They are blunt and sometimes extremely cruel during their conversations. The only person who does not retaliate is Robert: I do not know how people could say such terrible things to Robert Cohn. (p59) Robert is different to the other char acters in the novel. He accepts the way the war has affected the others. He understands that they are incapable of being considerate to other peoples feelings. That is why he suffers so much humiliation. His life has not been so drastically been poisoned by the aftermath of the war. As Spilka reveals, Robert has been affected in a different way: it turns him into an armed romantic, a man who can damage others in defense of his own beliefs. 5 By distinguishing the difference between Robert and the other characters, we understand his role in the novel. He is envied by all the men, except Romero. When he is introduced it is always under formal circumstances; either as Robert Cohn or simply just Cohn. Jake especially admires his stubborn moral values and his ability to have an affectionate relationship with Frances. Linked to the exchange of gender roles in Fiesta; we see the effects this has on the characters sexually. For example, Jake Barnes picks up a prostitute early on in the novel. He does not intend to sleep with her because he is impotent; instead he takes her out to dinner and dancing. The fact that he is impotent is the most relevant here, he says he feels sick: She looked up to be kissed. She touched me with one hand and I put her hand away Whats the matter? You sick? Yes. (p21) His impotence has distanced him from women; therefore, rendering him unable to sustain a relationship or even feel sexually close to a woman ever again. The only woman he can clearly show his affections to is Brett. Unfortunately, Jake cannot rescue her from her promiscuity, because theyre relationship can never be sexual. Leslie Fielder argues that Brett can never be saved because of Jakes wound: In the end, not only are her physical lovers unmanned and degraded, but even Jake, who is her priest and is protected by his terrible wound, is humiliated. 6 The only man capable of redeeming Brett is Romero the bullfighter. This is because he is different to every man in the rest of the novel. He has not lost his masculinity in any way shape or form. He is respected as an aficionado and as a man. His relationship with Brett threatens her independent sexuality: He wanted me to grow my hair out. Me, with long hair He said it would make me more womanly. (p280) Romero is in a sense nai ve that he thinks he can change Brett; however, Brett is also unwilling to be freed from her sexual confinement into a meaningful relationship. In The Grapes of Wrath the mother is the leader of the family. She takes the role of the father as he gradually fades away into insignificance, to direct and inspire her family into persevering against discrimination. She is the foundation of the family; without her, we get the feeling that the family would not survive through its journey. Steinbeck describes her as a strong, muscular woman. As previously identified, both grandparents died before the family got to the west. There are many examples of death in the novel, yet there is only one distinct example of birth. Tied into the theme of birth, is the theme of motherhood. The only woman capable of both is Rose of Sharon. Towards the end of the novel, she gives birth to a stillborn child. This is extremely significant to the novels overall theme of the new generation. The birth of the child represents the familys success in converting to a new generation of westerners. The death of the old generation gives way for the new. Nevertheless, Steinbeck has the birth of the baby result in a death. This paradox reveals that the family has still not fully made its pilgrimage into the new generation. Rather than deal with the death as a disaster, the family continue on their journey, confident they will prevail. Steinbeck is showing the reader that even in death, there is hope; again linked with the death of the grandparents before the Joads reach the west. The ending of the novel has Rose of Sharon acting like a mother, sustaining life with her body. Our final thought is that the family will be sustained by the land, like Rose of Sharon preserving life with her natural instinct as a mother. In Fiesta and The Grapes of Wrath we are presented with two distinct generations struggling to define each other. To fully integrate the texts into one identification of self; we must look at the basis of each novel. In the epigraph to Fiesta Hemingway uses two phrases; one from Gertrude Stein and an extract from Ecclesiastes, in the Bible. Stein called the expatriates of the First World War the lost generation. While in Ecclesiastes, Hemingway uses the quote: One generation passeth away, and another generation commeth. The epigraph is important in revealing how Hemingway still believes there is hope for mans salvation and that the lost generation will be replaced. Similarly, in The Grapes of Wrath, Steinbeck insisted on including the full version of the Battle Hymn of the Republic in its first edition: Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming Lord/ He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored 7 Steinbeck believed it had great significance and portrayed all types of American identity. Both authors used these sources for the original titles of both novels. Fiesta is also known as The Sun Also Rises. Hemingway and Steinbeck are both making the point that man will find salvation against the persecution of society; and that the only form of life that will always remain is the earth. To conclude , we can see how both novels are linked in the search for identity and the salvation of man. Hemingway and Steinbeck criticise extravagance, because it fuels greed and corruption. It is the traditional values portrayed by Romero and the Joads, which will save mankind. This is shown in Fiesta, when during the mens fishing trip, Wilson-Harris confesses that Ive not had so much fun since the war Their break from the city into a rural setting; away from the excess and greed of Paris convinces them that they can still escape from the effects of the war. In The Grapes of Wrath the Joads search for their identity as a family, trampling out the seeds of wrath planted by the corruption of man in the west. We get the sense that all the characters will be saved from their oppression and that man will always have hope.