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Rose of Sharon, also referred to as Rosasharn, is a sister of Tom’s. She is pregnant, and married to Connie Rivers. Rosasharn often falls victim to superstitious concerns about the health of her baby-to-be, and loves to wallow in her guilt. At the book’s close, Rosasharn serves as an iconic symbol of the text by breastfeeding a grown man to rescue him from starvation.
Rose of Sharon Quotes in The Grapes of Wrath
The The Grapes of Wrath quotes below are all either spoken by Rose of Sharon or refer to Rose of Sharon. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 10
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And now they [the Joads] were weary and frightened because they had gone against a system they did not understand and it had beaten them.
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Chapter 18
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“They's a time of change, an' when that comes, dyin' is a piece of all dyin', and bearin' is a piece of all bearin', an bearin' an' dyin' is two pieces of the same thing. An' then things ain't lonely any more. An' then a hurt don't hurt so bad, cause it ain't a lonely hurt no more, Rosasharn. I wisht I could tell you so you'd know, but I can't.”
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Rose of Sharon Quotes in The Grapes of Wrath
The The Grapes of Wrath quotes below are all either spoken by Rose of Sharon or refer to Rose of Sharon. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 10
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And now they [the Joads] were weary and frightened because they had gone against a system they did not understand and it had beaten them.
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Chapter 18
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“They's a time of change, an' when that comes, dyin' is a piece of all dyin', and bearin' is a piece of all bearin', an bearin' an' dyin' is two pieces of the same thing. An' then things ain't lonely any more. An' then a hurt don't hurt so bad, cause it ain't a lonely hurt no more, Rosasharn. I wisht I could tell you so you'd know, but I can't.”
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