Grapes of Wrath-Q. 8

The Grapes of Wrath, was very accuratally related to actual events in history, because the author of the book went through these events personally from first hand experience. Some of these events that Steinbeck went through were The Great Depression, the huge stock market crash, and The Dust Bowl. Although as I've said before I did not enjoy this book, having the author go through the same events that the characters are going through makes it even more accurate.

During this story there wasn't any racial discrimination because the novel took place in the 1950's which is well after the civil war. Even thought there wasn't any racial discrimination doesn't mean that there weren't any huge conflicts. The bad thing about the Great Depression is that it left many families without houses or jobs and roaming the streets in search for work. So few people were able to make a decent living anymore, Tom Joad decided to move his family out west where he had heard that there was plenty of work and plenty of houses. Truth is, all of that information was false. The Joad's had to work even harder to be able to put food on the table each night. Even when the entire family was working it was difficult.

The sex discrimination between males and females was too for the most part over. except when it came down to what types of work. The women would help with picking fruits or other plants in the fields while the men did the laborious work of shoveling and paving roads. The women would cook the meals and the men brought home the main source of money. The anti-racism and anti-sexism was a huge step for the country and made everyone happy and peaceful until the Great Depression came along. I even think that during the Great Depression the job differences changed for the men and women because everyone would take whatever jobs were available at the time in order for them and their families to survive.

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