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Steinbeck made a living description of the live of Joad. I like some characters he created such as Tom Joad, Ma, and Casy(the preacher). I love some coversation concerning religion like Casy's self-confession. Also, when uncle John asked Casy if he was sinful or not, Casy said that a man had no right to tell another man what should do and what should not do. He also mentioned that one should not tell his sin to others so that he himself could feel better. Since I myself was in similar situation, I know better what I should do now.Now when I saw beggers and immigrants in my city, I start wondering if they led a similar life as the Joad did. I start sympathizing them. While before, I didn't like them, thinking them rude and civilisation-distroying people. Now I think everyone is equal to have a right to live better.
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The Great Depression in the 1930s continues to be regarded as the worst trauma of twentieth century America, and its scars are still felt to this day. If not for anything else, John Steinbeck will probably be regarded as the greatest chronicler of this cataclysm. THE GRAPES OF WRATH is arguably the best novel about the struggles of the poor during this time. Focusing on the hardships of the Joad family and their friends, Steinbeck gives us, in microcosm, a look at the entire population of the dispossessed of the Great Depression. The constant hunger, searches for work, violence, betrayals and setbacks that the Joads endure would have produced a grim and depressing novel in a less skilled writer's hand, but Steinbeck does not allow his characters to give in. In spite of all the calamities, the Joads maintain dignity, courage, and hope. Fortunately, for America, the poor did maintain these virtues, otherwise it would have vanished or rebelled, throwing the nation into anarchy. THE GRAPES OF WRATH, however, shows our generation just how close we came.Rocco Dormarunno, author of THE FIVE POINTS.
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I'd highly recommend this book. I've read other works by John Steinbeck such as East of Eden (not a favorite), The Pearl and Of Mice and Men (liked both), but the Grapes of Wrath is a favorite. I was deeply moved by the Joad family story. Despite their hardships, injustices, and loss of family, they press on hoping for a better life and willing to work for it. There are some good lessons learned in their story.
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"The Grapes of Wrath" was the one great novel Steinbeck was born to write. Of the authors 17 books I dear say this must be the best one. The novel won Steinbeck the Pulitzer Prize in 1940, and it was "a cornerstone" of his 1962 Nobel Prize award.From the first page I fell in love with Steinbeck's way of writing, his humble and delicate language. Published in 1939, "The Grapes of Wrath" is the story of the 250 000 American migrants who pulled up, and headed west on Route 66 - to California.Through the book we follow one of the families that headed west, The Joad family. We enter the story as Tom Joad, one of the children in the family, gets out of jail. He comes home, finding his family suffering from the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression. Tormented and forced to leave their land, the Joad's strap as many of their belongings as they can to their truck. With the truck piled high they hit the road for their journey to promise land - to California.The Joad's believe that leaving Oklahoma for California is the answer to all their troubles. California will be abundant with opportunities - work for everyone, plenty of food, oranges and peaches on every tree. Pa even has a leaflet saying they need thousands of men on the farms. Reality will soon catch up with them. The journey to California turns out to be everything but easy. They experience all sorts of hardship; loss of family members, trouble with the truck, harassment by the police and locals. When the Joad's finally make it to California, their troubles and suffering are rewarded not by work, plenty of food, and oranges on every tree, but with even more troubles. While moving around, following the different picking seasons chasing for work, the family is enduring such poor living conditions. They are living in squatter camps, government camps, and in the end shacks in labour camps.The characters in "The Grapes of Wrath" are all very well developed. They are so vivid and one cannot help but to care deeply for them all. Several of the characters have left a lasting impression; Tom Joad, Grandpa, the courageous ex-preacher, and above all Ma Joad. She is a loveable, courageous, strong woman and I admire her spirit, dignity and her determination as she struggles to keep her family together. Even facing so much testing and hardship, she still keeps perspective and hope.An experiment that works well in this novel is the "in-between" chapters. Short stories with reflections and background about the Great Depression; how a used-car dealer take advantage of his desperate customers or how farmers sprayed oranges with kerosene and threw potatoes in the river to keep market prices up while hundreds of thousands of people was starving, as well as other small stories, true literary treasures such as the first "in-between" chapter about the turtle."The Grapes of Wrath" is written in a most memorable way. The book is no less than a landmark in American history and it is one of the absolute greatest and most significant novels of the last century. This book deserves every bit of praise and reward that it has received. Highly recommended.
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Well, I hate to disappoint anybody, but I was forced to read this book over the summer for my LA class. But here's the suprise: I liked the book. Just because you have to read it doesn't mean you can't like it. This book was very well written, but sometimes it ran a little slow and the interchapters got a little confusing. But if you get time to read it, it'd definately worth it. John Steinbeck was one of the greatest writers of this century and this is one of his greatest books.
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although I am a student, I was not required to read this book over the summer. It was very long, but I couldn't put it down. A truly great American classic.