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In the twentieth century, an ideal known as the American Dream became the quest of many Americans. The American Dream is "an American social ideal that stresses egalitarianism and especially material prosperity" (“American Dream”). Material prosperity is the main element of the American Dream that was stressed in the twentieth century, as Mr. Webb in Our Town so accurately points out. “Seems like they spend most of their time talking about who’s rich and who’s poor" (Wilder Act 1). This emphasis…

In chapter 17, John Steinbeck wrote an intercalary chapter to elaborate the conditions of the families that migrated to California during the Dust Bowl in order to find jobs then result in uniting together to help each other cope and endure with difficult circumstances that they were facing. All the families in the east are moving westward toward a better life. As they travel, groups of families spring up on the sides of the street where there is shade and water. At the point when families…

When The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck was published in 1939 the U.S. was slowly recovering from one of the worst economic depressions in its history; many people lived in poverty after losing their businesses, homes, farms, etc. One part of the country was hit rather hard by this depression, an area known as the Dust Bowl; many farmers either abandoned or were forced off their farms and went west to find work. The Grapes of Wrath follows one family, the Joads, migrating west in search of…

“She walked for the family and held her head straight for the family,” (Steinbeck 138). The historical fiction novel The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck depicts the Joad family’s arduous journey to survive and find economic stability as farmers during the Dust Bowl. Jeannette Walls’s autobiography, The Glass Castle, illustrates her family’s struggle to find personal happiness and a sense of belonging despite their lack of a permanent home. Both books feature families attempting to overcome…

During the Great Depression of the 1930’s, there was mass unemployment, starvation, and millions desperate for a job. Farmers in the midwest, in particular, were hounding for employment, for their farms were destroyed by drought, the dust that followed the drought, the sweltering summers, and the harsh winters. They could no longer sustain a suitable life on their land, so they moved west to California, where jobs working on large farms were advertized. Workers expected livable wages and a…

John Steinbeck’s protagonist Tom Joad acts as a prime example of a flawed and naturally human character in The Grapes of Wrath. Throughout the novel, Tom faces massive character growth as he sheds his “carpe diem” lifestyle and takes on a concern for humanity. This change displays the growth in Tom’s leadership abilities and his ability to nurture the strength of his family. Tom’s actions and reactions throughout the course of the novel build off of one another, as he undergoes both a physical…

“The Grapes of Wrath” is set in the Dust Bowl of Oklahoma. Tom Joad is being released from prison where he was serving four years for manslaughter. He meets a preacher, Jim Casy, who has given up his calling because he believes that he is as lost as his congregation and is not fit to lead anymore. Tom and Jim head to California to find Tom’s family who had left to find work. Tom eventually find his family and they set up in the migrant camps that are overcrowded and lacking food. They find out…

“To the red country and part of the gray country of Oklahoma, the last rains came gently, they did not cut the scarred earth.” The novel of Grapes of Wrath begins with a graphic detail description of the landscape. The land is changing to drought and winds are creating dust bowls. At this time the economy is weak from the devastation of the crops and bankers are being to reclaim their land. Forcing families like the Joads to move westward. The Joads and many other Okis leave behind their home…

The text, Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck is one of the most popular books in America today. The book starts out in Oklahoma during the 1930s. In this novel, the Joads are forced off their property and without work. Ma Joad hears of work in California and the Joad family heads westward hoping to find some source of income. Steinbeck describes all the struggles that they endured and the novel ends with no hope for the Joad family to survive. Timothy Tennyson points out, “The Grapes of Wrath…

“There was no hurry, for there was nowhere to go, nothing to buy and no money to buy it with, nothing to see outside the boundaries of Maycomb County.”(pg 6) This quote describes Maycomb, the setting of the novel. Maycomb is a small confined town in the south where nothing appears to happen or change. The reason behind the monotonous cycle is the state of the people being of having no surplus income, nothing valuable to buy, and the idea that there is nothing worthwhile outside of town. From the…