Part 1 of 5 · freeIntroduction
Published in 1939, The Grapes of Wrath is the monumental work of John Steinbeck. During the Great Depression, the Joad family, sharecroppers in Oklahoma, are driven off their land by drought and by the tractor. Steinbeck mixes storytelling and reporting to expose the way migrant workers were exploited.
The novel is not only about a flight to California. It shows how hardship can build a sense of belonging wider than the family, and how the anger of the oppressed can become a force for social change.
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- 2Steinbeck inside the poverty of the Okies
- 3West to California: an exile with no promised land
- 4Building a political and social conscience
- 5Solidarity as the last answer to chaos
Open-book quiz9 questions whose answers are in the text.
Glossary12 terms explained in a tap.
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