This book was written for a specific reason, to bring justice to the victims of the Great Depression. It states in the Grapes of Wrath, “Despite its critical and popular acclaim, upon its release there were very heated outcries against the novel and its author spanning the entire social and political spectrum of the United States. At times the novel literally fuelled the fires of public debate as local communities burned copies in protest”. The disapproval had began in Kern County, California, August of 1939 when the county schools weren't permitted to let their children to read this book due to it being banned. The county’s board of supervisors had decided that it would be best for the book to be banned as they Oliver 3 deplored the novel.
