GRAPES OF WRATH
The Grapes of Wrath is an epic story of the Joads, though it is full of desert and drought, water is the purifier in this novel. It starts with Tom getting out of state prison on parole. When he meets Jim Casy on his way home the plot starts rolling. When they reach Tom's farm they find out that banks and large companies have closed their farms and that everyone is leaving to California in hopes of work. This is the first conflict. The poor against the rich, or the weak against the strong. The Joad's sell all of their property and begin their journey to California. On the way there they lose two lives, Gran
There is the realization of the need of each individual to help each another regardless of who he is. Tom becomes very volatile and kills one of the men which sends Tom into hiding. People are willing to kill each other for jobs. Tom left and continued on in Casy's work. Then the rain comes along with the climax of the story. Roseasharon gave life to a dying man. The water is rising and the family must move to a drier place. Tom went to talk to Casy , during their discussion men looking for Casy kill him. Yet only when hope is gone can healing begin. As the rain digresses, the family move to a dry barn down the highway. Rose a Sharon's baby is stillborn and one wonders if it is not better off rather than entering the Joad's pitiful world.
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