The Grapes of Wrath is a film based on events, which occurred during the Great Depression. The film mainly focuses on the Joads family, one of the many families from Oklahoma who were displaced from their homes due to circumstances surrounding the Great Depression, including dust storms, and severe financial troubles. These circumstances forced them to head west towards California in search of new homes, and new opportunity. The Joads family, along with many other people like them were referred to by the at the time as "Okies", an "Okie" was a derogatory term used for people who had been removed from their homes, and forced to migrate elsewhere. The rest of the country considered these people to be nothing but useless outcasts.
             Along the family's journey they came across various people who all provided some type of significance to the story. The man who spoke to them about the advertisement for 300 pickers signified the discouragement and lack of hope many faced during the time. The hope of many of the families who were migrating west, was that there would be numerous employment opportunities once they arrived, but this thought was shattered once they came across this man. He informed the family that these advertisements were posted everywhere, and by the time they get there well over 300 people will have shown up and taken the jobs.
             However not everyone they came across provided them with discouragement, some showed the help that neighbors gave to one another during times of crisis. The policeman who stopped them at the border was an example of a neighbor helping out. He let the family pass through the border without holding them back or checking their car, because he knew they just needed to move along. Another example of neighborly help was the people the family met at the bus stop. The family went in to buy food, and they didn't realize that the price of the bread was per lo
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