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             Steinbeck is thought of as a man who was often motivated to write about poverty stricken people who were suffering in an environment out of their control (Steinbeck). This would make the perfect connection as to why The Grapes of Wrath is one of his most famous pieces of work. However, his motive behind this novel leaves room for questioning. The migrant's environment was not out of their control whatsoever.
             Furthermore, the main reason the migrants had to move to the west was due to the tragedy of the Dust Bowl. The Dust Bowl was a natural disaster that hit the Southwestern Plains in the United States during the 1930's. The Land dried up and became utterly impossible for the farmers to farm (Grapes). This was in direct result of the farmers themselves abusing the land for so many years. As a result, the consequences only caught up to them in the long run; therefore, it is not an environment that they cannot control that made them suffer, it was the environment that they created for themselves. As a result, it is clearly demonstrated that the novel is an illusion because The Great Depression stories were not always the whole truth (Humanities). They were just snippets of stories altered to fit the theme and underlining message of the book. Furthermore, the novel's "realistic" feel was also thought to be brought on because of Steinbeck's own personal experience and feelings.
             The Public is led to believed now that The Grapes of Wrath is a novel of social protest based on realism and sympathetic ideas conveyed and experienced by John Steinbeck. His "aim" for the novel was to not focus on the journalistic statement of how a group of people faced one side of the Great Depression, but instead he wanted to create an important piece of literary work (Bloom 36). On the other hand, he was praised for using the experience he had first hand with a group of farmer from Oklahoma he had joined and...