Values and Attitudes- The Grapes of Wrath

John Steinbeck showed a lot of his values and attitudes through the writing that was in The Grapes of Wrath. His values and attitudes were pretty much be the best that you can. The Joads were only one of the many families who were affected by the dust bowl. The dust bowl was a long drought and it made many farmers move to California in order to seek work. The Joads were one of those families that had to move to California in order to work. Throughout their journey they were told by many people that they were not going to find any jobs in the state of California because they were all taken. There were so many people in California that it was impossible to find a job. Despite hearing that the Joads still went on with the trip and got into California. When Steinbeck says, "The preacher sighed. I'll go anyways, he said. Somepin's happening. I went up an' I looked, an' the houses is all empty, an' the lan' is empty, an' this whole country is empty. I can't stay here no more. I got to go where the folks is goin'. I'll work in the fiel's , an' maybe I'll be happy" (Steinbeck 94). In this quote Jim Casy, who is a preacher, is heading to California with the Joads. He has seen that all the houses are empty and it seems like everybody is in California because of this Dust Bowl. In this story, it is written in third person. The Joads like every other family without a job headed into California without any idea of what kind of job they were going to get. This family though had the most important thing heading into the state of California which was hope. Hope was a big thing to have during these rough times because it kept the families together longer than if you had no hope. The writing reveals a lot about Steinbeck's values and attitudes throughout the book.

Bibliography

Steinbeck, John. The Grapes of Wrath. New York: Penguin, 2002. Print.