Man and Earth The Grapes of Wrath is a novel by John Steinbeck that exposes the desperate conditions under which the migratory farm families of America during the 1930's lived. The novel tells of one family's migration west to California through the great economic depression of the 1930's. The bank took possession of their land because the owners could not pay off their loan. The novel shows how the Joad family deals with moving to …showed first 75 words of 925 total…

…showed last 75 words of 925 total…hanus thought, it is the realistic truth. Unfortunately people have evolved into believing that materialistic possessions are the heart of success. Steinbeck tries to reveal that this couldn’t be further from the truth. Will society ever realize that these superficial things don’t control one’s life? No, because that would ask for people to give up their prized possessions, and return to the simplicities of life, a task to difficult for man today.