The Grapes of Wrath (Identities and Issues in Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: John Steinbeck
- First Published: 1939
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: North America or North Americans, Suffering, United States or Americans, Social issues, Depression, economic, 1930’s, Despair, Hope, Poverty or poor people, California, West, U.S., Farms, farmers, or farming, Death or dying, Migrant labor
- Locales: California, Midwest (U.S.), Oklahoma
The Work
The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck’s masterpiece, is a starkly realistic rendition of the Depression-era struggle of an Oklahoma farm family forced to move to California in order to find employment. The family’s dilemma represents that of all rural, working-class households in the Midwest and West during an age of increasing mechanization for upper-class, capitalistic profit. In addition, Steinbeck’s female characters, especially, convey his message of working-class unity.
The Joads are typical 1930’s tenant farmers, forced from home because...
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