Old Testament Connections from Grapes of Wrath

John Steinbeck puts many Bible tips on his book "The Grapes of Wrath". Many of these connections are in small layers and may be for one person only. Christian Character Jim · Cathy is an example of the New Testament. But the whole book can be seen as a Bible hint about Exodus and Moses' story. The story of the imaginary Joad family is related not only to Exodus but also to the great movement that happened in the story of Okies and the dustball of the 1930s.

Steinbeck 's series of articles on migrant workers in the San Francisco Chronicle is his main novel, "The Grapes of Wrath" (1939), the best working - class novel of the 1930' s. Angry Grapes tells the struggle of the tenant family in Oklahoma who was forced to hand over the land to the bank. Then the family will go across the vast plains to California's promised land - only when you arrive you will be scolded. This is a successful example of social protests in the novel, a powerful homage to the will of human existence. An angry grape was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1940

As the trip to California is scarce, the aspect of "anger" in the title is also accurate. But this is different from grapes. Anger is not a grape dream, it represents the reality of the trip. Angry means ultimately "violence, anger of anger, anger, anger" (American Heritage 1477). This definition is related to the struggle of the story. A grape representing a character 's dream will finally hurt them. For their hope, they have a wonderful will to keep and, finally, they are the most damaged since they are finally separated, injured or desolated. They need success and willingness to succeed, so they will not yield to the fact that they failed. Even if it's too late, Ma Yun is constantly trying to reunite his family. "Families are falling apart ... I do not know. I do not seem to think again, I can not think, they are too much." (278)