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Introduction

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When The Grapes of Wrath was published on March 14, 1939, it created a national sensation for its depiction of the devastating effects of the […]

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John Steinbeck

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novellas John Ernst Steinbeck was born on February 27, 1902, in Salinas, California. He was the third of four children, and the only son born […]

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Plot Summary

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A Chapters 1-11: Leaving Oklahoma The Grapes of Wrath follows the trials and tribulations of the Joad family as they leave the dust bowl of […]

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Characters

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A Jim Casy Jim Casy accompanies the Joad family on their journey from Oklahoma to California. He is a former preacher who has given up […]

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Themes

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A Hope The Joads experience many hardships, deprivations, and deaths, and at the end of the novel are barely surviving. Nevertheless, the mood of the […]

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Construction

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A Point of View The novel is narrated in the third-person voice (“he”/“she”/“it”). What is particularly significant about this technique is that the point of […]

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Historical Perspective

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A Troubles for Farmers The story of the Joads in The Grapes of Wrath begins during the Great Depression, but troubles for American farmers had […]

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Questions

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Compare and contrast the current conditions of migrant farm workers in California with those of the migrants of the 1930s. Research current labor laws protecting […]