In chapter 25, why cant the farmers pay workers to pick the fruit?

a. because workers are hard to come by

b. because the banks own the farms

c. because there is so little fruit

d. because wages are too high

D.

Explanation:

In the novel "Grapes of Wrath" authored by John Steinbeck, the small farmers were unable to afford workers to pick the fruit because the wages of the workers were too high.

Chapter 25 of the novel opens with a beautiful scenery of spring and harvest ripening. But this chapter also reveals the ugly side of harvesting during the depression period. At this time, big landowners corrupted the farming system also.

The small landowners or farmers were unable to compete with the big landowners/farmers as they were able to use machinery to harvest their crops but small landowners could not harvest their crops as wages of workers were too high. So, in dismay they watched their crops being destroyed.

So, the correct answer is option D.

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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.”