... movie shows settlers shooting other settlers in a fight over a track of valuable land. Also because Oklahoma was viewed as the "great American desert- tracks of land that were worthwhile to farm and live on were hard to come by, leading to more urgency in the race. This leads to the next topic of which time period expresses the values and attitudes ... race for free land in Oklahoma. It does not show the aftermath of the land rush, the corruption involved in the post race landholding meetings, and the struggle to raise a farm in a barren land. It falls short in showing exactly how movin...

• Word Count: 1916
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

... not stay that way for long. As the family got less and less opportunities for good jobs, he got more agitated, and it finally came to a head. At the cotton farm, Tom realized he could not stay out of other peoples" business, and he started to help form workers" unions and better the lives of others. Ma Joad, Tom's mother, was ... thoughts in ways people would understand. He was making labor unions and striking for better wages, but this is not without a downfall. Jim was killed by a police officer in a skirmish. Plot: The plot begins when we first meet Tom. He was walking down a road wh...

• Word Count: 2457
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

... , Uncle John, and Ma; as well as their close friend Casy, an ex-reverend. The bank had bought most of the crops in Oklahoma and Texas, used advanced technology to farm, harvest, sow, and prepare the crops with little effort. Using technology, the banks quickly created commercial farms, colossal profits, no thoughts for living creatures and ruin into the lives of ... not present itself in this way. It includes a complex writing system that appeals to the youth by its simplicity, and to the elderly through its intricate, interwoven, and unequivocally realistic plot. The Grapes of Wrath sho...

• Word Count: 1327
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate