According to Christopher Isherwood, the author of "The Grapes of Wrath as Propaganda,"" he believes just that, The Grapes of Wrath was a form of political propaganda. Isherwood asks the reader, "Why isn't The Grapes of Wrath entirely satisfying as a work of art?... Isherwood asserts that the propaganda in The Grapes of Wrath however, is overt. ... The Grapes of Wrath, according to Isherwood, was propaganda that made people turn against the "system."" ... The Grapes of Wrath in Isherwood's mind is a "milestone in American fiction, but [he does] not believe that it represents the...

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In the classic novel, The Grapes of Wrath, the Joad family, who was evicted from their land, decides to migrate out west to California for a chance at survival. ... John Steinbeck utilizes various techniques in creating his masterpiece, The Grapes of Wrath. ...

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The Glass Menagerie and The Grapes of Wrath are works of literature set in this time period. ... Tom Joad in The Grapes of Wrath and Tom Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie are both young adults who are forced with the pressure of leading and supporting their families during the Great Depression, while attempting to discover who they are. ... The turning point of both the play, The Glass Menagerie and the novel, The Grapes of Wrath reveal that the Tom of each work parts from his family. ...

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