In the book The Grapes of Wrath written by John Steinbeck, the main character, Tom Joad, struggles with being in the lower class because of the limitations set by the rich. ... He felt so passionate about this subject that he wrote The Communist Manifesto, which described in great detail just what was wrong with capitalism and how it was destroying the economy John Steinbeck alludes to Karl's idea by having clear segregation between the three main classes that Marxism is made up of. ... John Steinbeck carefully chose his title, The Grapes of Wrath to allude to Julia Ward Howes's song...

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(Steinbeck, 22) And yet the turtle fought, his determination not pushed over as he physically was. ... (Steinbeck, 62) letting Tom know that his family was ok, and later, where they were. ... (Steinbeck, 104). ... (Steinbeck, 104) as she runs to her grandson. ... She expresses her feeling to Tom saying, "Seems too nice, kinda" (Steinbeck, 122). ...

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