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
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Approximate Word count = 850
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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