<Tab/>In John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, the journey of the Joad family is riddled with conflict. The family experiences all of the four major types of conflicts: man vs. himself, man vs. society, man vs. nature, and man vs. man. In the case of The Grapes of Wrath, "man" represents the Joad family as a single unit. They experience conflict within the family itself, with the society they are …showed first 75 words of 1537 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1537 total…sent back to jail, and man vs. nature poses a large conflict in the beginning of the novel, as well as a large conflict to end the novel. All four of these types of conflicts contribute to the story's purpose. This was for an A.P. language arts class i took my junior year of high school, and the teacher's suggestions included avoiding abbreviations (versus instead of vs.) and to strengthen the introduction and conclusion.