All 5 Uses of
perplex
in
The Grapes of Wrath
- After a while the faces of the watching men lost their bemused perplexity and became hard and angry and resistant.†
Chpt 1
- They knew that a man so hurt and so perplexed may turn in anger, even on people he loves.†
Chpt 5
- And the women went on with the work, but all the time they watched the men squatting in the dust--perplexed and figuring.†
Chpt 5
- The danger is here, for two men are not as lonely and perplexed as one.
Chpt 14 *perplexed = confused or puzzled
- And because they were lonely and perplexed, because they had all come from a place of sadness and worry and defeat, and because they were all going to a new mysterious place, they huddled together; they talked together; they shared their lives, their food, and the things they hoped for in the new country.†
Chpt 17
Definition:
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(perplex) to confuse