In the article excerpt The Harvest Gypsies, how does the author use word choice to convey his point of view about migrant farm workers?

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Explanation:

Steinbeck uses the word choice to help add details to his tone of the article. He feels that migrant workers are often overlooked for the work that they do. By adding word choices such as in the text it said ¨Thus, in California we find a curious attitude toward a group that makes our agriculture successful. The migrants are needed, and they are hated¨ and ¨Thousands of them are crossing the borders in ancient rattling automobiles, destitute and hungry and homeless, ready to accept any pay so that they may eat and feed their children¨, Steinbeck is able to convince the reader to feel a certain way about these migrant workers and add to his original point.

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”

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