The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck tells the specific story of the Joad family in order to point out the hardships and cruelty suffered by white migrant laborers during the Great Depression. It is the vivid enactment of individuals facing hardships imposed by banks and big businesses to earn the fast buck.
             The story begins with the description of the conditions in the Dust Bowl Region of Oklahoma that ruined the crops and brought about massive foreclosures on farmlands. Our first introduction with Tom Joad is, him standing outside a diner trying to catch a ride with a trucker who has a "No Riders" sticker on his truck. Tom has been recently released from prison for the crime of "Homicide". He is attempting to make it back home to his folk's land, which they've lived on for over 50 years. On the way home, after being dropped off by the trucker, Tom hooks up with his old preacher Jim Casey. Mr. Casey has "lost the call" and has now become a wonderer.
             Upon their arrival to Tom's home, they find it a banded and in shambles. They discover, from a neighbor, Muley Graves, that the banks have been foreclosing on most of the sheer croppers farms and leaving families out in the cold to fend for themselves. Tom also discovers that his family is staying at his Uncle John's house and they are going to move to California to try and find jobs as fruit pickers. That night, while staying at Tom's house the three are forced to hide from the police, since they are trespassing on the property now owned by the bank.
             The next day Tom finds his family still at his Uncle John's house. His mother is a strong and sturdy woman who is the heart of family. He is reacquainted once again with his brother, Noah, his sister Rose of Sharon (called Rosasharn by the family) who is recently married to Connie Rivers and pregnant and Tom's younger brother, Al. He is showed the flyer for worke...