The Road
Whoever said a road is just a road has not read The Grapes of Wrath. From the minute we watch Tom Joad return home after four years in prison,...Sallisaw, Oklahoma; Route 66; Central California (Bakersfield, Hooverville, Weedpatch, Tulare)
The geographical setting of The Grapes of Wrath constantl...Mostly Third Person Omniscient; Occasionally First and Second Person
Our narrator is kind of ever-shifting. When telling us about the Joads, this narrator is a...Historical Fiction; Quest; Realism
We are very lucky. The Grapes of Wrath gives us a window into the lives of migrant worker families escaping the Dust...Passionate and Stubborn with a Hint of Anger
Steinbeck's passion seeps through the chapters that depict the general landscape and life of Dust Bowl America. On...Journalistic, Stream-of-Consciousness, Detail-loving, Cinematic
Steinbeck loves details, and he doesn't deprive us of them as he describes the Joads' daily lif...The title, The Grapes of Wrath, is pulled directly from "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." What the hey is this "Battle Hymn" you speak of? Well, even if you don't recognize this song's titl...
You will probably remember the ending to this book for the rest of your life. The image of Rose of Sharon nursing the half-starved man with her breast milk is perhaps one of the most startling and...
Initial Situation
The land is changing.
There's been a drought, dust storms are rampant, crops are dead, the economy...
Falling Stage
The Joad family has to move.
Tom returns home to find that his family has been kicked off of their lan...
Act I
The Joads travel west on Route 66, in search of a better life in California.Act II
The Joads discover that there ar...- The Dust Bowl drought was the worst in United States history, affecting 27 states – 75% of the country. (
PG-13
These Joads sure do talk a good talk about getting busy. Lots of references are made to "tomcattin," "billygoatin," and rolling around in the grass. There may or may not b...Literature and Philosophy
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