All 3 Uses of
repress
in
The Grapes of Wrath
- And the little screaming fact that sounds through all history: repression works only to strengthen and knit the repressed.†
Chpt 19
- And the little screaming fact that sounds through all history: repression works only to strengthen and knit the repressed.†
Chpt 19
- The land fell into fewer hands, the number of the dispossessed increased, and every effort of the great owners was directed at repression.
Chpt 19 *repression = subjugation (oppressing or holding others down)
Definition:
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(repress) to hold something back
or:
to subjugate (oppress or hold others down)