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This is my second reading of this book -- doesn't everyone read this in high school?! This is the story of the Joad farmers/family who were driven off their land, and forced to travel west to the promised land of California. It is also about their determination to survive during the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s. ...more
This is my second reading of this book -- doesn't everyone read this in high school?! This is the story of the Joad farmers/family who were driven off their land, and forced to travel west to the promised land of California. It is also about their determination to survive during the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s. ...more
Driven off the farm, Steinbeck's epic describes an incredibly tragic and heartbreaking Journey for Tom and his family. Pressing from terrible to worse, these squaters seem almost blinded by the eternal search for shelter and work, and his story paints vivid devastation and disaster as they trudge West seeking relief. I imagine that local immigrants must daily experience a simular walk in search of work and securty.
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