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Why the Grapes of Wrath?,
By ryan elliott (Nee Mexico, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Grapes of Wrath: Text and Criticism; Revised Edition (Critical Library, Viking) (Paperback)
When George Steinbeck made this book, he assigned the title "the Grapes of Wrath". Why did he do this? I personally think that he did this to make his readers ponder the meaning of the title. I think that it means different things to anyone that reads the title. To mean it means, The hardships of life.
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Steinbeck wrote this book as a political statement and it is still as powerful today as in the 30s. When it was published, it brought national attention to the plight of the migrants. Many of our crops are still picked by migrant workers who work for a pittance - they harvest the abundance of the land but reap poor returns for their pains.
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the book was written with poetic sadness that moves reader,
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The Grapes of Wrath is one of the most important novels both historically and stylisticly that has ever come out of America. As the reader is taken down the road of hardship and economic injustice that the Joad family must travel, his eyes are open to the terrible calamities that the depression and the Dust Bowl brought on poor farmers. We gain a greater understanding and appreciation for the courage and perseverance displayed by thousands and thousands of migrant workers forced out of their native lands and compelled to compete for slave labor. Through his poetic use of the English language, Steinbeck educates us and inspires us to recognize the indominatable human spirit.
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