Drought In Ayn Rand's The Grapes Of Wrath

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this book is about back in historical time when the dust bowl that happened Many years ago. Just like in the story the dust bowl was going on because of the rain drought and instead of regular storms. These storms were made out of dust.I don't know all the states that there were dust storms but Billy Joe live in the state of Oklahoma with her dad and her mom.i don't know about all the other families set up their table but when Billy joe's family set up their table they put the napkin in the plates and the plates was upside down.they also had the cups upside down .then when they got ready to eat they flipped everything over and ate as fast as they could so they did it that much dust. It was a every rough time during the dust storms it made it difficult for the farmers the .because if they are no water the crops won't grow every well even though the drought some farmers still could grow some crops like in the book Billy joe's father grew wheat.but not a lot of the wheat survived the drought. …show more content…
Like in the book Billy joe's father knew somebody with cows and they were getting really weak and skinny.they were also getting dust in there lungs so he put them down and donated the meat to the town. Many people had to leave their homes because of the dust storms.because the dust would pile up on the roof and the roof would cave

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