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John Steinbeck is a very descriptive and precise writer.� Throughout the entire novel, he particularly describes the migrant workers and their perseverance during their journey.� The thing that kept the migrant workers so strong and determined throughout their ordeal was hope and pride.�� Pride; keeping family close and making it through tough times by means of family comfort was an explicit factor in their strength of overcoming major obstacles-the Dust Bowl included.� Just the thought of knowing that there was possible labor for them out west in California kept them going stronger each and every day.
����������� The migrant workers had to endure many obstacles that were proposed to them.� In facing these obstacles, both pride and dignity were huge factors as well as extenuated.� Pride is one thing many people do not have, or express for that matter.� Many like to keep to themselves and isolate themselves from others.� In this book that was something very big.� These people lived in a "bubble" and were astonished as to what was going on in the world around them.� The Joads however, did endure great pain throughout the novel with the absence of Tom towards the end and Noah leaving.� During this time period, they had to come together as a family and grow stronger throughout each obstacle that was presented to them.
����������� The Dust Bowl was a huge turning point in the lives of many Americans living in the Oklahoma-area during the 1930s.� It cleared out many families from farms, for the most part, who had lived there for generations passed down.� The migration of thousands of Dust Bowl victims directly reinforces the truth behind the journey of the Joad family to California.� Because of the fact that the Dust Bowl profoundly destroyed many farms, the Joads themselves were forced to move off of their land and migrate somewhere else.� The journey of the Joad family is a direct product of the Dust Bowl.
����������� I believe that this novel shows signs of being a morbid pessimistic book but for the most part I feel Steinbeck shows many signs of hope thus reassuring readers that humanity's on going struggle with adversity will be successful.� I didn't quite like how the book ending because I honestly felt it had no ending; that he personally wanted to keep you thinking and end up making your own end to the story.� For the most part, he didn't want the book to include too much pessimism, which I think is why he gave the Joads some hope.� When their farm was taken away from them and destroyed, the bright light at the end of the road was California.� The Joads were to go to California to find work there and hopefully earn some cold hard cash.
����������� "The Grapes of Wrath" is comprised of many symbolic things.� The turtle that Tom finds when he first starts his journey home after being paroled from prison is ultimately symbolic to this novel.� It depicts the Joads' journey as very slow and difficult.� When the turtle is hit off the road and flipped on his back, he cannot get up.� It's like walking through quick sand.� The Joads had a very tough time together as a family.� However, they also did get off to a very sluggish start but eventually picked up and speed and got to the point they wanted to get to-California.� The fact that Tom encounters the turtle in the early moments of the book is even more symbolic because it is deliberately shown that the journey will be a rigorous one.
����������� This novel is unique in that it encompasses the spectrum of all four literary conflicts.� The joy of Rose of Sharon's baby, and then the sudden despair when the baby is a stillborn is a terrible thing for the family.� Rose of Sharon not only has to deal with the death of her child, but the rest of the family as well.� However, they do not slouch when the baby dies, but rather take grasp of hope and wish for the best.�� When the Joads arrive in California, they realize they are not the only family that is looking for work.� They show up to hundreds and hundreds of families seeking the same support from the state of California that the Joads are hoping for. Many working families, in addition to the Joads, are struck with a devastating dust storm known as the Dust Bowl.� No families could continue to grow crops and produce money for their families by means of selling food, because of the Dust Bowl which is an excellent example of a conflict between man and nature.� Last but not least, Tom Joad encounters a man against man problem within himself.� He is fighting a murderer that is unleashed within his soul and that alone, is hard enough to bear.� He knows his is and will forever be a murderer and for him, that is the hardest part of living for the rest of his life.
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