The story of John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath starts out with Tom Joad coming home from a 4-year jail sentence for murder. He was going back to his family's farm in Oklahoma. On the way there he meets another man, Jim Casy. When they get close to home they find deserted farms. Banks evicted tenant farmers because the drought caused their crops to fail. Another factor was that big ... providing food and shelter for his own people. Ma Joad became the strong person in the family and held the family together during their trip. She endures sadness and hardship and drives the family onward when...

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The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck is a novel that is abundant with accurate depictions and allusions to various events in history. It is a fictional story that accurately describes the conditions that many people experienced during the Dust Bowl Migration and the Great Depression. In addition to a truthful illustration of the 1930's, parallels are made to the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the French Revolution, both through the theme of class separation. Another historical allusion that ... family members are lost. When the Joad family arrives in California they find that there is no emp...

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... the book The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck writes about a family's trip from Oklahoma to California in search of meaningful work. The "Dust Bowl" of the 1920's caused the Joad family to migrate to California in the 1920's. The "Dust Bowl" was responsible for most small farmers from Texas to South Dakota to lose their farms. A combination of drought, improper crop rotation, and dust storms were the major causes of the "Dust Bowl" because all the ... begins to preach to Tom, but Tom is not very receptive. He is only concerned with getting home and staying out of trouble. The pair eventua...

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• Grade Level: High School