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Summary: Stunning
Review: Read this book. It will change you. The last paragraph is among the most powerful I've read in literature.
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Summary: harship and humanity...
Review: The book reflects on the struggles that the poor farmers went through during the Period of Depression. As for Joad's family , they decided to move to California to find better jobs and get a new life. On the trip to California, Joad's family met other family that also moved to the West. They helped each others to survive through the hardship. The humanity that people had for each other was so wonderful, and nothing was better than that. I don't think nowaday we can have that humanity in society because as time has changed, people don't share similar experience and it hard for them to understand each other.
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Summary: The People You CAN Always Trust
Review: While Steinbeck's masterwork fit more perfectly into the era of recovery from the Great Depression, it addresses human interrelations in a most timeless fashion. Those of us who have discovered what it means to lose all (or nearly all) of our tangible possessions, as the Joads did, grasp a deeper meaner of life. The Joads demonstrate greater respect for fellow humans than for the clothes on their backs.Steinbeck also provides an eloquent look at those who clawed their way to retain tangible wealth. These people wanted no part of sharing with folks in desperate need and Steinbeck demonstrates this through both the path of the Joads from Oklahoma to California as well as more general looks at the circumstances of the dustbowl's victims.
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Summary: It is about humanity
Review: Whatever you political principles and ideas about economics, you would have to be inhuman to fail to grasp the utter injustices committed against poor peasants during the Great Depression, reflected in the desperation and dehumanization brought about on the Joad family, who lost all they had and were forced to wander the American West in search of pure survival. Tom Joad gets out of jail (where he had landed after he killed another guy in a fight)just to find his family destituted and forced to leave their land. So begins what has to be the saddest road-novel of all times. The Joads jump up into a waste of a car and start traveling to California, looking for the chance to get jobs in the prosperous citrics-growing trade. In the road they will suffer all kinds of setbacks and humiliations, until the terribly beautiful, meaningful and symbolic end. Several characters will leave you indelible impressions: Tom Joad himself, a simple but brave man; JC (get your conclusions about his symbolism), the appearing and disappearing ex-preacher; and, above all at least for me, the mother of the Joads, a lovable, courageuos, indestructible human being, one that makes you want to weep for her while feeling a towering admiration for her dignity. Inserted between chapters are short reflections and background about those times, as well as small asides full of symbolism and literary beauties. Some say that Steinbeck's explanations have been proved distorted: don't let that interfere with what is a work of fiction. Such things have happened throughout human history, and what this book does is remind us all that we have a debt to our fellow men (and women, of course). An epic of the eternal fight against indignity and misery, it deserves its fame and prestige.
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Summary: The Grapes of Wrath
Review: The Grapes of Wrath had to have been one of the most boring books I have read in my entire life. The plot is switched around so many times it is confusing, the some of the characters were given way too many names, and I couldn't tell what character was being talked about half the time. Most of the book is entirely pointless and the important part of the story is about ten pages long. The plot of the story is boring, and the story its self is ended in a very confusing manner. If you don't believe me, you can read the book, which you probably won't finish anyway.
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Summary: Not as good as OF MICE AND MEN...
Review: I read OF MICE AND MEN in high school and still remember the book fondly. I couldn't believe that I had never read more than bits and pieces of THE GRAPES OF WRATH and decided recently that I wanted to read this classic book. I must say that although I enjoyed the book and liked the characters much of the book seemed preachy and heavy-handed. The pages also seemed to drag on and on and on... Finally, I don't want to spoil the book for those of you who haven't read it yet, but the closing scene completely through me for a loop and will give me the "heebie-jibbies" for the rest of my life.
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Summary: Terrific
Review: I read this awhile ago, but it sticks in my head. I must agree with some other reviews that the chapters explaining what is going on around the family can drag slightly. However, they become less and less and story is amazing. What these people went through and how they thought still amaze me. Great stuff. You will definately enjoy this classic and learn alot along the way.
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Summary: This book is flat out awesome
Review: There are at least 5 different levels to this story and the more you soak in it the more they are revealed. The ending is perfect. It's not a happy book, then again most starvation stories aren't very cheerful. That's the point. I really like the flow of this book, with the alternating chapters about the characters and the explanations of current economic/social conditions. I read this book for the 1st time im my life while I was in my 30s. I'm glad I didn't read it in highschool. Teenagers simply don't have enough life experience to appreciate this book. How could they understand this when they can simply go to the freezer and take out an instant dinner every time they get hungry?
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Summary: the recipe for an american dream
Review: Take one recently released criminal, an old man who dreams of bathing in grape juice, a naïve and pregnant young newlywed, and add them to a bowl of thousands of recently misplaced workers, and you have the award-winning recipe for the greatest American classic, The Grapes of Wrath. With alternating chapters stuffed full of symbolism and spice, Steinbeck captures the picture perfect photo of Americans struggling through the Dustbowl. Not only does the dialogue fill your hunger for personality, it creates a bond between the reader and the characters. Closing the pages of this book is like turning away from a family member. If you're looking for a novel with inspiration hidden between the lines, pick this one up.
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Summary: Great.
Review: I had to read this book for school, I was very skeptical at first, but it turned out to be fantastic. An amazing story about one family's hardships as they search for a better life. I recommend this book to everyone I come across.
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