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Grapes of Wrath

Grapes of Wrath

John Steinbeck’s classic novel, The Grapes of Wrath follows the trials and tribulations of Tom Joad and his family, along with a supporting cast of characters which includes members of Tom’s family, as well as local people.  When Tom is released from prison after serving four years for the crime of manslaughter, he begins to return to his family’s farm in the infamous “Dust Bowl”.  Eventually, he meets another main character in this book, Jim Casy, who is a former preacher who seems to value the importance of human contact as something quite holy.  Tom and Jim together travel to the Joad’s residence, only to learn that his family is at his Uncle John’s house.  There they are planning the long trip to California in search of jobs with high wages, as is promised by the handbills posted all over the Oklahoma landscape California land-owners.  It is there that they feel their fiduciary troubles will end.
	
Unfortunately for the Joads, California does anything but solve their problems.  Tom’s grandparents die en route, Tom’s younger sister, Rose of Sharon, is pregnant and thinks she might lose the baby, jobs become difficult to find, and all the

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