Representation of “Metropolis-Satellite” Relationship in John Steinbeck’s The Pearl
Keywords:
peripheral countries, metropolis-satellite, Andre Gunder Frank, John SteinbeckAbstract
In John Ernst Steinbeck’s The Pearl, the family’s futile attempt to lift up from poverty and enhance their social class level is a representation of the peripheral countries’ struggle to gain independence from the core countries in order to cease being looted and controlled by them. Applying dependency theory by Andre Gunder Frank with respect to the history of the setting in which the selected work is narrated, this paper sheds light on a new aspect of the novel by finding a relationship between the protagonist and his family’s case and the unjust and oppressive state of the peripheral countries according to the core countries.
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