The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck, depicts the change and the factors lead to the impact on the family structure .It refers to the change of woman’s role in family and society and poverty. The Joad family, like other families of the first half of twentieth century depends on a traditional family structure with the men as the heads, who make the decisions, and the women as supporters who obey the men’s decisions. At the beginning of the novel Grampa is the head of the family, but at the middle and end Ma Joad becomes the leader, which symbolizes also the changes happening in other families and society across the United States. The Joads hardships and plight is a sample of hundreds of families who have suffered of wage deflation, unemployment,
