Grapes of Wrath Book Reviews Samples For Students

The book “The Grapes of Wrath” written by John Steinbeck and originally published in the year 1939 is one of the unique literary works in the genre of history. The book dates back to the period of Great Depression in America, which started in the year 1929 due to the crash of the stock market and lasted until the beginning of the Second World War . The period saw drought and high winds affecting several parts of the country, especially the Midwest region of America, including the Oklahoma state. Several residents of the state of Oklahoma moved to other places ...

Having considered the image presented by D Lang, the obvious character which comes to mind from Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath is that of Ma Joad who plays the matriarchal figures within the story. However, looking beyond the centre figure in the picture there are also two younger children who could be seen as evoking the characters of Ruthie Joad the youngest daughter in the work and or Winfield Joad the youngest male child in the work.

Having reviewed the picture, one may consider that the image is quite emotional stirring feelings of empathy for the harsh realities of ...

The Dust Bowl has been associated with the Midwestern plains, especially the southern part of the country such as in Texas and Oklahoma. The Dust Bowl area suffered black outs from the blowing dust and the loss of good soil in the 1930s. Some of the dust storms were so terrible they were called dust blizzards. The history of that tragic time is chronicled by Donald Worster in his book Dust Bowl: The Southern Plains in the 1930s, the 25th Anniversary Edition. The book was first published in 1979 and it won the Bancroft Prize that year; a prize which ...