Rose of Sharon Joad

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female character fictional character literary character

Rose of Sharon Joad is a young, pregnant member of the Joad family in John Steinbeck’s novel "The Grapes of Wrath," whose experiences embody themes of hardship, loss, and ultimately selfless compassion during the Great Depression.

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Label Occurrences
Rose of Sharon Joad canonical 13
Rosasharn Joad 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf female character ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
appearsIn The Grapes of Wrath ⓘ
appearsInAdaptation film adaptation of The Grapes of Wrath ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Dust Bowl migration (fictional context) ⓘ
centralThemeEmbodied hardship ⓘ
loss ⓘ
selfless compassion ⓘ
characterDevelopment moves from self-absorption to altruism ⓘ
createdBy John Steinbeck ⓘ
familyName Joad ⓘ
fictionalUniverse The Grapes of Wrath ⓘ
filmAdaptationDirector John Ford ⓘ
filmAdaptationReleaseYear 1940 ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1939 ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
genreOfWorkAppearedIn realist novel ⓘ
social protest literature ⓘ
hasAuthorNationality United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
hasFictionalStatus non-historical ⓘ
hasRelative Al Joad ⓘ
Ma Joad ⓘ
Noah Joad ⓘ
Pa Joad ⓘ
Ruthie Joad ⓘ
Tom Joad ⓘ
Winfield Joad ⓘ
hasSpouse Connie Rivers ⓘ
isPregnantIn The Grapes of Wrath ⓘ
language English (original work) ⓘ
literaryPeriod 20th-century American literature ⓘ
medium novel ⓘ
memberOf Joad family ⓘ
narrativeFunction embodies communal responsibility ⓘ
illustrates impact of economic hardship on family ⓘ
nationality American (fictional) ⓘ
notableFor climactic act of nursing a starving man ⓘ
occupation migrant farm worker (fictional) ⓘ
originatesFrom Oklahoma (fictional setting) ⓘ
portrayedBy Dorris Bowdon ⓘ
publisherOfWorkAppearedIn The Viking Press ⓘ
setDuring Great Depression ⓘ
symbolizes hope amid suffering ⓘ
human resilience ⓘ
maternal sacrifice ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Grapes of Wrath → mainCharacter → Rose of Sharon Joad ⓘ
Tom Joad → hasSibling → Rose of Sharon Joad ⓘ
Pa Joad → hasChild → Rose of Sharon Joad ⓘ
Joad family → member → Rose of Sharon Joad ⓘ
Noah Joad → siblingOf → Rose of Sharon Joad ⓘ
Al Joad → hasSibling → Rose of Sharon Joad ⓘ
Connie Rivers → spouse → Rose of Sharon Joad ⓘ
Connie Rivers → relativeOf → Rose of Sharon Joad ⓘ
Winfield Joad → relative → Rose of Sharon Joad ⓘ
Winfield Joad → sibling → Rose of Sharon Joad ⓘ
Joad → member → Rose of Sharon Joad ⓘ
Dorris Bowdon → portrayedCharacter → Rose of Sharon Joad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rosasharn Joad
Grampa Joad → relatedTo → Rose of Sharon Joad ⓘ
Grampa Joad → grandfatherOf → Rose of Sharon Joad ⓘ