Grapes of Wrath Book Report When first released in 1939, The Grapes of Wrath, written by novelist John Steinbeck, created quite a stir among Americans still coping with the depression. It tells the story of the Joad family from the time of ... about their journey to California. Highway 66 is the main road to California and is filled with migrants, or in other words, "a path of people in flight (128)." This description is seemingly in connection with the biblical story about the oppression of the Israelites by the Egyptians. At sundown on the first day of ... migrants, which show that there is...

• Word Count: 1730
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School