Grapes of Wrath focuses on both the situation of migrant workers during the Dust Bowl as a whole, as well as the situation of a single family during the event, the Joads. Each chapter fluctuates between either the macro view or the micro view. One chapter will be devoted to the workers, the next to something that will affect the Joads. ... Chapter twelve provides the reader with an insight into the society's background. ... The historical account of the era is exemplified in chapter seventeen. ...

• Word Count: 507
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Steinbeck Critical Analysis When John Steinbeck wrote The Grapes of Wrath the United States was amidst the Great Depression. ... These two phenomena allowed Steinbeck to create his best selling and most influential book, The Grapes of Wrath. ... The Grapes of Wrath is a novel about and old system dying, and a new one that is taking shape. ... Most significant in The Grapes of Wrath is its" religious association with the bible. ... The structure of The Grapes of Wrath also seems to mirror the bible in some respects. ...

• Word Count: 1670
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

The story of John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath starts out with Tom Joad coming home from a 4-year jail sentence for murder. ... Steinbeck describes how the dust bowl developed and pushed the farmers out of the western plains states in the first few chapters of the book. ... In chapter 13, the family dog gets run over by a car, an event that foreshadows the death of Grandpa Joad. ...

• Word Count: 1294
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

In his article "Dust Bowl Blues", Peter Monro Jack says that The Grapes of Wrath is written in "superb style, one marvelous short story after another, and all melting into this long novel of the great trek." ... This chapter is a symbolic chapter, providing insight into Steinbeck's views on nature and man. ... Chapter 9 is another interchapter. ... It is linked to the previous and following chapters. ... These chapters were some examples of the interchapters in the novel. ...

• Word Count: 646
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School