Unity is Strength(Grapes of Wrath)
John Steinbeck's novel The Grapes of Wraith is "the epic story of the Joad family's migration from the Oklahoma Dust Bowl to the Promised Land of California." The novel has many twists and turns that end up in themes. "Us people got to stick together to get by these hard times " is a quote by Dorothea Lange, from the novel The Bitter Years, which is a photographic essay about the Depression. This quote happens to be one of the major themes on the novel The Grapes of Wraith. To survive through the hard times of Depression, one has to become two. The unity in this novel becomes a major theme throughout the books. "Unity is Strength" for these people. The example of this theme keeps coming up in the novel throughout the story. When Joad's family are driving down the road towards California, they encounter many people, who have nothing to give but they help each other out during the need of the others. Let's take Wilson's for example. They are just couple travelling down the road who doesn't even have enough money to get to California. When the Wilson's meet them, they let Grandpa Goad sleep on their tent, when he is sick, to show their hospitality towards the Joad's. "We are proud to help. I ain't felt so-safe in a long
time. People needs-to help." They travel towards California together but on the way Sairy Wilson gets sick so the Wilson's have to stay behind. "But as the Joads are departing Pa hands Wilson the little money he has and some food. In the highway Mae, a waitress, in a fast-food place shows her kindness by giving some people, who are poor, some candies in her expense. She is not even related to them but, she can't just stand around while people go hungry. The Joad's have to move from Hooverville, because it is destroyed and burnt and they have to find a place to live. Fortunately their luck takes them to the government camp, which is free of cops, have a nice place to live. But cops outside the government camp are always trying to close the camp, thinking people will unite and rebel against them. In a rather simple word they are terrified of these people. Here people have right to what they want and where they stand. They are not forced to do anything against their will. Here everybody is equal to each other. After getting to California, they learn about "Hooverville" and also about the unfair working conditions and they meet, first-hand, starving children and people who have been there for a long time and can't get work. Casy who is a p
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Approximate Word count = 850
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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