Grapes of Wrath-Q. 7

John Steinbeck, is and was a legend of his time. He still is today. Many people would say, "how is he a legend, I have never heard of him,"but the truth is he's only a legend when it comes to writing descriptive novels.

The Grapes of Wrath is one of the most detailed books I have ever read. Being over four hundred pages of pure description of the Joad's journey I say that it has earned that title. Although description is considered a good and helpful attribute to a book, I think that there is a fine line between helpful and beneficial and excessive and overused. Although many people wouldn't agree with me, I feel that the description was taken overboard and used way too much. When you describe things so much that the reader can forget whats actually going on, you know you need to back off. I feel that Steinbeck took what could have been a 200 page book and turned it into a huge novel of 400 pages.

Besides descriptive passages, John Steinbeck uses his memory and past experiences of the Great Depression to write an effective and eventful book about how life was during that time. To say you were born during the Great Depression would be considered horrible by the public, but actually to be an adult during that time was the worst part. If you were a baby apart of a normal family, your life is put infront of your parents on the importance scale because you have so much more to experience in life and because they can survive on just water and little food a lot longer than a baby.

Although people would consider it polite and socially correct to say im sorry to a situation like that I feel that it is not required. Yes it would have been hard growing up in the great depression, but if you don't know how good life use to be you aren't missing out on anything. That is why I feel that The Great Depression took a greater toll on the parents due to finances than to the kids.

Steinbeck, John. The Grapes of Wrath. New York: Penguin, 2006. Print.