THE GRAPES OF WRATH BY JOHN STEINBECK The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck tells the specific story of the Joad family in order to point out the hardships and cruelty suffered by white migrant laborers during the Great Depression. It is the vivid enactment of individuals facing hardships imposed by banks and big businesses to earn the fast buck. The story begins with the description of the conditions in the Dust Bowl Region of …showed first 75 words of 1281 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1281 total…were forced to climb on the top of their car to stay out of the water. Rose of Sharon delivers a stillborn child, Uncle John sends the child in a box down the creek. The family finally reaches higher ground and finds a barn for shelter. Inside the barn is a starving man and his young son. Rose of Sharon, barely recovered from the delivery, breastfeeds the dying man to nurse him back to health.