Some three centuries ago, a group of elected delegates, representing the 13 individual British colonies, met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in order to discuss the tenuous and troublesome relationship they had with Britain, moving them down a path towards independence. This group of delegates, known as the Second Continental Congress, appointed Thomas Jefferson, along with four other Founding …show more content…
Steinbeck wrote extensively on the plight and the struggles of the migrant worker, using both fiction and nonfiction to expose the horrific treatment and the horrific conditions of those affected. In Harvest Gypsies, a series of editorial articles covering the migrant workers, Steinbeck describes the conditions of the workers who live on these large farms, stating that the “will of the ranch owner...is law;for the deputies are always on hand their guns conspicuous” and that due to the economical system set in place by the rancher the worker “must work a second day to pay for his first… He is continually in debt”(Steinbeck). Eventually, Steinbeck reaches the conclusion that this system of labor “includes a system of terrorism that would be unusual in the Fascist nations of the world” and that it has accomplished “nothing but unrest, tension, and hatred”(Steinbeck). Steinbeck also wrote a novel, The Grapes of Wrath, which served as a commentary on the migrant crisis as well. In chapter 25, Steinbeck describes a beautiful scene which appears to be filled with an abundance of fruit trees that “carpet the earth with pink and white” with “centers of the blossoms [that] swell and grow and color” (Stenbeck). After describing this abundance of food, he details how the “works of