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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, which was the best selling book in 1939 and won the National Book Award.
As a 1939 American realist novel, The Grapes of Wrath follows a struggling family on their search for work, success, and safety during the Great Depression. Moreover, Steinbeck discusses social philosophy by weaving in themes such as family, betrayal,...
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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for selected works by John Steinbeck. Titles in this study guide include The Grapes of Wrath, The Pearl, Of Mice and Men, Cannery Row, East of Eden, and The Winter of our Discontent.
As an author of the Civil Rights Era, Steinbeck effectively writes symbolic structures and conveys social criticism in a progressively idealistic tone. Moreover, his proletarian themes strike...