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A 7 page paper which relates the events of the Great Depression to the Joads, considering specific literary elements (point-of-view, characterization, and symbolism) that reveal and reinforce the novel’s themes. Bibliography lists 8 sources. TGgdgrapes.rtf
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time "second only in magnitude of suffering to the Civil War" (Johnson 1). The years collectively known as The Great Depression "brought the United States closer to social and
political revolution than it had ever been since the countrys founding" (Johnson 1). There were harsh winds of anguish, despair, and frustration blowing across America. But the full
effects of economic devastation did not hit the Great Plains until a paralyzing drought dried up the agricultural industry and subsequent winds blew through which transformed the states of Oklahoma,
Kansas, and part of Texas into a Dust Bowl (Cassuto 67). Residents cursed the weather, blaming Mother Nature and her Dust Bowl for their economic woes (Cassuto 67).
With farms being foreclosed daily, farmers and sharecroppers took to the road and migrated west to California, the heavily promoted land of
opportunity where the American Dream of prosperity was a reality (Windschuttle 24). This is the setting of John Steinbecks powerful novel of survival and social protest, The Grapes of
Wrath. The trials and tribulations of the Joad family and those they meet along their journey serves as "a chillingly graphic portrayal of some shocking events of the thirties"
(French 43). Its various conflicts consider the downside of American capitalism, the inherent class and racial prejudices that have always existed. As presented by Steinbeck, the twentieth-century equivalent
of Charles Dickens, The Grapes of Wrath has forever blurred the line between fact and fiction and defined The Great Depression for all future generations (Windschuttle 24). The story
of 1930s America is etched in the experiences of the Joads, a proud family that is transformed by situations beyond their control into homeless vagabonds heading toward an uncertain future
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