The Grapes of Wrath
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Average rating3.8
The Grapes of Wrath follows the Joad family who were Oklahoma sharecroppers forced to migrate west during the Dust Bowl and Great Depression. After the bank seizes their drought-stricken farm, the Joad family, head to California in search of work and a better life. Along the way, they encounter hardship and exploitation, and meet other families making the same journey. This is a five star book, in my opinion. The hardships, heartbreak and misery contained within should make you not want to read it; but it is so well done that the exact opposite happens. With themes of hardship, hope, and the resilience of the human spirit I don’t see how one could not read this book and be changed by it. There but for the grace of God go I comes to mind.
The Grapes of Wrath follows the Joad family who were Oklahoma sharecroppers forced to migrate west during the Dust Bowl and Great Depression. After the bank seizes their drought-stricken farm, the Joad family, head to California in search of work and a better life. Along the way, they encounter hardship and exploitation, and meet other families making the same journey. This is a five star book, in my opinion. The hardships, heartbreak and misery contained within should make you not want to read it; but it is so well done that the exact opposite happens. With themes of hardship, hope, and the resilience of the human spirit I don’t see how one could not read this book and be changed by it. There but for the grace of God go I comes to mind.
