This article speaks about The Grapes of Wrath as a classic and how unemployment rates in the 30's were at an all time high, and how the novel has a hard, angry edge.
The article states that this novel has never been not for sale and is still bought in massive amounts. It's keeping students, and adults for that matter informed about what it was like to be a migrant family during the Great Depression. In current history, everyone is facing a global economic meltdown caused by greed, recession, and many other aspects that the article speaks about. Many families have begun migrating to other countries or states in hope for a better life similarly to the families in the novel. Steinbeck was always open as to who he blamed for the conditions during that time. What or who would he blame now?
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The article states that this novel has never been not for sale and is still bought in massive amounts. It's keeping students, and adults for that matter informed about what it was like to be a migrant family during the Great Depression. In current history, everyone is facing a global economic meltdown caused by greed, recession, and many other aspects that the article speaks about. Many families have begun migrating to other countries or states in hope for a better life similarly to the families in the novel. Steinbeck was always open as to who he blamed for the conditions during that time. What or who would he blame now?
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