... another man's life. Many of the poor landowners are forced to live out on the streets in horrible living conditions while their homes and farms were flattened by the tractors. Steinbeck openly advocates Marxist proletarian revolt in response to unjust economic conditions, which, he goes on to explain, ... become a "we" (10). "While migrant farmers are spending more time helping laborers and trying to earn money, their own family relationships are suffering.  While at the migrant camps, the farmers huddled together, they talked together, they shared their lives, their food, and the thi...

• Word Count: 2903
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School