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Jul 24, 2020
This novel is set during the Great Depression and focuses on the Joads. The Joads are a poor farming family who are moving from Oklahoma to California in search of a stable job. The family faces a lot of challenges in order to survive and stay together. Without much money, the family decides to move from the East to the West only because they are hopeful that they will be able to make a living, however things don’t quite go their way. John Steinbeck does a fabulous job explaining the situation of the migrant farmers during the Great Depression. With a lot of serious topics and themes in the novel, there are characters, like Grampa Joad, who are a great comic relief. The theme of belonging is persistent throughout the novel and teaches a lot about the sense of belonging a person needs. The journey of Joads is one that deserves to be read.