A man and a woman and their two children stand alone on a doorstep. Their faces gleaming with happiness, and their smiles glittering. The father is a wealthy man who works as a CEO for a large company. The mother does not work, she stays home and tends to the house and children. The children, a boy and a girl, go to school everyday and get high marks on every paper, every assignment. They are able to live happily, no worry and no fear of going hungry every night. Suddenly, they are snapped back to reality. In the novel Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, Tom Joad and his family are forced from their farm in Oklahoma during the dust bowl. They set out for California in search of jobs and a better future. Throughout the passage, it is seen that
