All 5 Uses of
revolution
in
The Grapes of Wrath
- Here is the node, you who hate change and fear revolution.
Chpt 14 *revolution = dramatic change
- One of our folks in the Revolution, an' they was lots of our folks in the Civil War—both sides.
Chpt 19revolution = the American war for independence from Great Britain
- Grampa's grampa, he fit in the Revolution.
Chpt 22
- He says, 'French Revolution—all them fellas that figgered her out got their heads chopped off.'
Chpt 26revolution = dramatic change from overthrow of a government
- 'Fit the Revolution, an' after, them sons-a-bitches turned on him.
Chpt 26revolution = war to overthrow a government
Definitions:
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(1)
(revolution as in: the computer revolution) dramatic change -- sometimes violent overthrow of a government
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(2)
(revolution as in: revolution around the sun) circular movement -- sometimes referring to exactly one rotation