The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck is a very well-known novel due to it being an American classic, but also because the realism of the story about how migrate families were treated during the Dust Bowl of the 1930 's is one of the most shameful eras of American history, but has shown how much the US has evolved since then. The Joad family is just one story of a thousand migrate families in search of work, land, and food. The Joad family headed form east to west and encountered many dilemmas such as shortage of gas, food, and having to suffer family death, cruel people, and receiving poor wages. Although society as a whole were going through a rough time with the ongoing dust bowl and people were migrating in search of work, there is a beauty
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Society during the 1930 's was unpleasant because the distribution of powers was unfair for the tenant workers and their families because they were treated harshly whereas the bankers and big bosses lived easily and had people like the tenants do the work and paid very little. The load 's conflict started right in the beginning when the load family had to move to Uncle Johns because the banks seized the land and they had to leave. This is the start of the conflict, but it can also be included/extended that the start of the conflict was when the dust bowl started and caused crops to fail. The start of the conflict of man vs. nature lead to man vs. man which was when the banks got involved. There were many troubles along the way, but the rising action happened when the load family arrived at a Hooverville and Tom got into a fight with a police officer which resulted with the preacher being taken away. This is the rising conflict because before this they thought the land of California was going to be the land of a new beginning for them, but their dreams were crushed once they saw the Hooverville and their troubles followed them into California. The climax of the story was when the rain worsened and they were stuck there, then another dilemma occurred, Rose of Sharon was in labor. As the …show more content…
Steinbeck portrayed this era of suffering so realistically that his dialect enhanced the story and the story itself had a major impact on what Americans should strive to be. Although the distribution of power during society at the time was unfair, the Okies still lived and finally got aid from the government. The purpose of this story is to show future generations what this country has gone through and to serve as a reminder to everyone that the distribution of powers cannot be put into the hands of only a few people and that society as a whole need to help each other in order to become a more perfect Union. No wonder this book is an American classic, it shows the strength of families, resilience, unity, love, and of course,
Society during the 1930 's was unpleasant because the distribution of powers was unfair for the tenant workers and their families because they were treated harshly whereas the bankers and big bosses lived easily and had people like the tenants do the work and paid very little. The load 's conflict started right in the beginning when the load family had to move to Uncle Johns because the banks seized the land and they had to leave. This is the start of the conflict, but it can also be included/extended that the start of the conflict was when the dust bowl started and caused crops to fail. The start of the conflict of man vs. nature lead to man vs. man which was when the banks got involved. There were many troubles along the way, but the rising action happened when the load family arrived at a Hooverville and Tom got into a fight with a police officer which resulted with the preacher being taken away. This is the rising conflict because before this they thought the land of California was going to be the land of a new beginning for them, but their dreams were crushed once they saw the Hooverville and their troubles followed them into California. The climax of the story was when the rain worsened and they were stuck there, then another dilemma occurred, Rose of Sharon was in labor. As the …show more content…
Steinbeck portrayed this era of suffering so realistically that his dialect enhanced the story and the story itself had a major impact on what Americans should strive to be. Although the distribution of power during society at the time was unfair, the Okies still lived and finally got aid from the government. The purpose of this story is to show future generations what this country has gone through and to serve as a reminder to everyone that the distribution of powers cannot be put into the hands of only a few people and that society as a whole need to help each other in order to become a more perfect Union. No wonder this book is an American classic, it shows the strength of families, resilience, unity, love, and of course,