"The Grapes of Wrath summed up its era in the way that Uncle Tom's Cabin had summed up the years of slavery before the Civil War," says Robert DeMott. The Grapes of Wrath, written by John Steinback, depicts the struggles and obstacles that many families had to overcome during the late 1930's. The novel tells the story of ... moving west in order to find a way to provide for their family. Another accurate illustration of the Great Depression through The Grapes of Wrath was the handbills. The Joads come across handbills, which advertise fruit-picking jobs in California. During the Great Depres...

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