Depression Leads to Unity
Steinbeck states that “ Twenty families became one family”(249). This statement eventually becomes a tactic to survival during depression. The Grapes of Wrath is a realist novel by John Steinbeck set in The Great Depression of 1930s. The families in Oklahoma are struck by poverty due to the impact of the Dust Bowl. These people are forced out of their land and migrate to California due propaganda. The book portrays the journey of hardships from the Great Depression as the migrants are travelling towards the promised land. The families help each other along the way to the destined land and stay ambitious throughout the journey. In The Grapes Of Wrath, families come together as one since everyone is encountering the same struggles.
Due to unity one creates sympathy for others as everyone is going though the same hardships. In chapter 20, when Ma Joad prepares the stew, hungry children from other families watched her cook silently. After the stew was done, the family wasn’t able to eat because the eyes of the children were on the food. Ma says to her family, “ I can’t send ‘em away’. ‘ I don’t know what to do. Take your plates an’ go inside. I’ll let ‘em have what’s lef’... She smiled up at the children. ‘ Look,’ she said, ‘you little fellas go an’ get you each a flat stick an’ I’ll put what’s lef’ for you”(331). The …show more content…
The depression forces the characters like Ma to have sympathy for others, a sense of bravery when Casy saves a life of a migrant as if he was his family and finally assisting others like one’s own like Rose of Sharon did to the man, brings a sense of ambition. Lastly, this makes a one realise that supporting each other in a community can one stronger as a person as it brings one anticipation. Also, makes one understand that there is humanity even in times of
Steinbeck states that “ Twenty families became one family”(249). This statement eventually becomes a tactic to survival during depression. The Grapes of Wrath is a realist novel by John Steinbeck set in The Great Depression of 1930s. The families in Oklahoma are struck by poverty due to the impact of the Dust Bowl. These people are forced out of their land and migrate to California due propaganda. The book portrays the journey of hardships from the Great Depression as the migrants are travelling towards the promised land. The families help each other along the way to the destined land and stay ambitious throughout the journey. In The Grapes Of Wrath, families come together as one since everyone is encountering the same struggles.
Due to unity one creates sympathy for others as everyone is going though the same hardships. In chapter 20, when Ma Joad prepares the stew, hungry children from other families watched her cook silently. After the stew was done, the family wasn’t able to eat because the eyes of the children were on the food. Ma says to her family, “ I can’t send ‘em away’. ‘ I don’t know what to do. Take your plates an’ go inside. I’ll let ‘em have what’s lef’... She smiled up at the children. ‘ Look,’ she said, ‘you little fellas go an’ get you each a flat stick an’ I’ll put what’s lef’ for you”(331). The …show more content…
The depression forces the characters like Ma to have sympathy for others, a sense of bravery when Casy saves a life of a migrant as if he was his family and finally assisting others like one’s own like Rose of Sharon did to the man, brings a sense of ambition. Lastly, this makes a one realise that supporting each other in a community can one stronger as a person as it brings one anticipation. Also, makes one understand that there is humanity even in times of