United Symbolism in Grapes of Wrath

Through clever narration every few chapters, Steinbeck, gives us a broader sense of views experienced during the novel. In one of these sections, the fear of the Californian landowners is portrayed. These wealthy landowners came into power only after a desperate necessity of farms and food, stealing the land from Mexico. They fear that history will repeat itself; they know that hungry and desperate people are a danger to their stability as land owners. “..that companion fact: when a majority of the people are hungry and cold they will take by force what they need” (324). The Californians know the immense power these migrant farmers can wield. As they fill California by the thousands, adding hunger and poverty, only unity is needed to make this b

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Grapes Wrath, Black Hat, John Steinbeck’s, , migrant workers, californian landowners, obstacles path, history repeat, migrant farmers,