The version of the song The Ghost of Tom Joad, as sung by Springsteen and Morello, serves a better job at narrating the novel The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck for multiple reasons. In the beginning of the music tempo is slow and that shows sorrow and sadness. In the beginning of the novel the family is sad about leaving but must and as they travel some members of the family split from the rest as they lose hope. Springsteen’s voice is very low and difficult to make out which represents that no one in the novel knows what is going to happen to them and as they continue on, and the low voice resembles the family beginning to lose their hope. As the song and the novel digress further the mood and tone begin to change; Morello starts to sing and change the music tempo and the family has a small amount of hope. Morello starts to sing near the end of the song which is similar to the Joads because at the end of the book Rose Of Sharon shows hope as she thought of others and not herself. Another example would be when Tom decides to carry out Jim Casey`s revolt against the Californians. When Tom does this, he shows anger, hope and change and with Rose of Sharon she also shows change. The way Morello sings is with energy, anger and the change of adding an electric guitar to Springsteen`s mellow tone. In conclusion I think that Springsteen`s and Morello`s version of this song work best for the tone of The Grapes of Wrath because at first it shows slight hope, sadness and sorrow (Springsteen`s singing) and then the song changes to have more hope, anger and shows a lot more energy (Morello`s singing) and together they show the tone of the novel.
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