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“…People aren’t going to mad like it if they hurt Alex. People like Alex. Did he ever hurt any body before? ”Well there, you see If they hurt Alex, people going
to be mad and I’m going to be mad. I won’t stand for it” 75. Steinbeck wants to say that American can not accept the situations when there are some people
violate the rights of others. American will come to help the victims and bring peaceful to them.
In the story there is betrayer like Mr. Correl, it is also the same happening at that time. After the war, legal proceedings were initiated against those who had
betrayed their country. Some of them were punished for treason, some of them were sentenced to prison, and some of them were fined and deprived of their right
as citizen Tor Dagre, Norway and World War II. In the novel, the townspeople try to kill Mr. Correl who already betrays his country.
The people of the conquered country settled I a slow, silent, waiting revenge. The men who had been traitors helped the invaders-and many of
them believed it was for a better state and an ideal of way of life-found that the control they took was insecure, that the people they had known
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The townspeople will expel the people who already make the wrong decision by cooperating with the Nazi invaders.
e. Straightforwardness
Marian Beane’s An Adventure in American Culture and Values states that Americans try to work out their differences face-to-face and without a mediator.
They are encouraged to speak up and give their opinions. Students are often invited to challenge or disagree with certain points in the lecture. In the novel
John Steinbeck promotes this value through Annie. She is one of the Mayor’s PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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cook. When there are Nazi invaders in Mayor Orden’s house, she pours one of the invading soldiers with the boiling water; only because the Nazi soldier looks
at her. She can not be influenced by other people. If she thinks she is right she
will defense her opinion and never follow the rules which she thinks wrong. “…she is getting angry, sir. “What’s the matter?” Madame demanded. “They are
looking thorough the door at Any” said Joseph. ”She hates that” 37. She is an outspoken person. If she wants to say something to her friend, she will say
directly what in her mind is. When Lieutenant Tonder comes to Molly’s house, she directly asks Molly whether she becomes betrayer or not. Annie becomes a
very important person for Mayor Orden, not only because she can keep secret but also her totality to do her duty as the Mayor’s spy.
Steinbeck wants to convey that all the Americans hate the Nazis. In 1934 Hitler was firmly in power and the German people were enthusiastic in their
support of his policy. At that time Nazi was the powerful party. Everyone respected and was afraid of them, but all Americans did not accept them because
they already violated the human rights. Then, Americans directly declaimed what the Nazis’ point of view about Jews Dupuy 44. In the novel, John Steinbeck
conveys this value through the conversation between Lieutenant Tonder and Molly Morden in Molly’s house. “He stopped laughing just as suddenly and
bleakness came onto his eyes. “I haven’t laughing together. He said, “They told us the people would like us, would admire us. They do not. They only hate us”
131. The townspeople show their dislike to the Nazi invaders, although the townspeople know that the Nazi invaders hold the authority in their country. The
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behaviours of the townspeople who are not friendly with the Nazi invaders symbolize the straightforwardness of Americans.
2. Highlighting the Negative Deeds of Nazis
