... socialistic characters and themes that are frequently revealed throughout the novel. To illustrate these principles, it is clear that the Bible is the novelist's main point of reference. Using his pen, he manipulated the social and economic problems of the 1930s to convert his readers to socialism and Christianity. Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath is not merely a novel concerning the Great Depression and the evils of capitalism, ... had become an industrial power and with the advent of the Spanish American War, and the World Wars to follow, America was to become a world military power. Do...

• Word Count: 1670
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School