Literary Paper of The Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck -- Grapes Wrath ess

Literary Paper of The Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck       Steinbeck wrote many marvelous books but a great classic is one titled TheGrapes of Wrath.  This is a story of a family called the Joads, and a tale of acourageous family who sought earnest and family unity.      In my paper I will examine the different ways the Joads tried to keepunited whether just within their immediate family or eventually with all theothers who shared the same struggles and sufferings.      Steinbecks dialogue and descriptions of the dusty roads, the mensquatting in the dirt drawing pictures while making major decisions, the way inwhich they traveled all puts you right into the middle of the family.  Onebecomes aware and wants to be a part of there unity and their long for security.Steinbecks use of the characters dialect is astoundingly splendid andunmistakenly realistic of the Joads culture.  Without this dialogue, it wouldn ot be as intense and vivid.      J. Homer Caskey, in Letters to the Editor says,     Steinbecks knowledge of the forces which hold     a family together and the forces which cause it     to disintegrate.  He understands that family     councils are an important part of the lives of     the Joads.       The major theme is the struggle and survival of the Joad family from thetime they lost their home, to the unity they felt and soon were a part of awhole community, one big family, and one big soul.  This theme... ...       James N. Vaughan, The Commonweal, (July 1939)          Vol. XXX, 10c No. 14                          BIBLIOGRAPHY           Steinbeck, Jo hn  The Grapes of Wrath,          New York, NY  1992           Caskey, Homer J. The Saturday Review, Letters to          the Editor,  Ohio University (May 1939)           Vaughan, James N. The Commonweal, (July 1939)