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The Grapes of Wrath

The Grapes of Wrath

John Steinbeck

CliffsNotes on The Grapes of Wrath follows Tom Joad and his family. After being forced from their farm in the Depression-era Oklahoma Dust Bowl, they set out for California along with thousands of others in search of jobs, land, and hope for a brighter future. Considered John Steinbeck's masterpiece, this novel is a story of human unity and love as well as the need for cooperative rather than individualistic ideals during hard times.

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Take the Quiz The structure and prose style used by Steinbeck in The Grapes of Wrath was most profoundly influenced by what work?
  1. Whitman's Leaves of Grass
  2. Malory's Morte d'Arthur
  3. Twain's Huckleberry Finn
  4. King James Bible
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