Grapes of Wrath- 8

The last required question is always the hardest because all I feel like I am doing is repeating everything I already said in the history blog. Once again, this novel reflects history very well.

Once again, money was incredibly tight during this time period. It was also described in this book how money was tight. Money was tight because the bank cut them off. The bank cut them off because people did not have money. People did not have money because they did not have jobs. People did not have jobs because the Dust Bowl ruined all of their crops. The crops were ruined because of nature.

You can tell there is a line between the people in charge and the normal people. You can tell this because the people in charge cut the people who worked for them off when their crops went bad. The relationship was obviously very harsh, but in a way it was fair. No one could account for what nature did.

The journey can symbolize the journey of life. All different sorts of hardships get thrown at you at life. For example, you could have relationship problems, family problems, money issues, or even drug problems. The journey symbolizes how even though your life may suck at the time being, you can get through it. You have to keep moving on and eventually times will get better. The Joad's journey was obviously longer than most life struggles, but with what the readers learns about how to keep staying strong and moving forward, life should be easier.

I assume that the authors were motivated by learning what the people during the Dust Bowl had to go through. I assume they learned a lot about it or had family who lived through it. They probably wanted the world to know how hard of a life it was to live during this time. They did a great job teaching the readers what occurred during this time in an amazing, interesting novel.

Steinbeck, John, and Robert J. DeMott. The Grapes of Wrath. New York: Penguin, 2006.