Similarities And Differences Between The Grapes Of Wrath Book And Movie

The Grapes of Wrath is a book that was written by John Steinbeck and was later turned into a movie. The storyline of The Grapes of Wrath follows a family during the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. The name of the family that Steinbeck chooses to follow through this novel is the Joad family . The novel, as well as the movie, tells the story of how this family lost the land that they had been sharecroppers on for years and decides to follow the migration going to the west, and to travel to California. The story that Steinbeck was able to create shows many of the struggles a family during that a family during the Great Depression would have faced, as well as the struggles a family that had followed the migration would have faced. Steinbeck …show more content…
Both the book and the movie followed the same storyline, and had many of the same events. One very large similarity between the book and the movie is the fact that Casy the preacher was arrested. When Casey was arrested he was separated from the family, and he was able to meet Tom again outside of the ranch where the Joad Family was picking peaches. When Casey saw Tom again, Casey he told him about the movement that he was helping to be a part of. When Tom later left the family, because he was on the run, he talks about continuing Casey's work, in honor of the murdered former preacher. Another large similarity between the book and the movie is that Tom sees Casey the Preacher on his way home, and l he travels with them until he has to leave because he is protecting …show more content…
The largest difference in the story is the order of main events. In the story the family leaves, they meet the Wilsons, grandpa dies, they leave the Wilsons, grandma dies, they go to Hooverville, they go to the government camp, they go to the peach ranch, they go to the cotton farm, then the floods come and they go to the barn where the meet the starving man. In the movie the family leaves, grandpa dies, they never did meet the Wilsons which changes the story drastically, they go to Hooverville, they go to the peach ranch, they go to the government camp, and when they leave the government camp and the story ends. The movie does not go until the end of the story and that leaves readers wondering what happens to the Joads. Another large difference in the movie compared to the book, is when Tom leaves the family. In the book they are at the cotton farm and Tom is hiding in the woods waiting for his face to heal, and Ma tells him he needs to leave because Ruthie told. In the movie however, the family is at the government camp and deputies are taking license plates looking for Tom. With the deputies looking for him, Tom decides the best thing for the family would be for him to leave. There are more differences between the book and the movie, though they are more so in the fine details of the