... drove many farmers west in search for jobs and put many others on the streets. In this time of pain and suffering the Joad family in John Steinbeck's classic novel, The Grapes of Wrath, represent the families of thousands as they deal with the hardships of the depression face to face in their ... beginning their journey by taking the old preacher, Jim Casy, along with them (Hinton 2). The long journey west to California would not go uneventful. Steinbeck makes it a point to show how the Joads are only one of many families enduring these hardships as it was apparent that friends and other ...

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... the human character was formed. In the United States, there have been many profound authors who have published their own literary works on the concept of naturalism, including Stephen Crane, John Steinbeck, and Edith Wharton. All three authors have published their works and have made great contributions to the study of this topic. The main influence of naturalistic writing in the United ... ...

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