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Summary: a great book about the hard times in early 20th century
Review: "The Grapes of Wrath" takes place in the 30's. It starts with Nate Joad coming back from prison to his hometown in Oklahoma. He returns to find that the banks are repossessing land because the farmers could no longer afford to pay their loans back. (Also, the stock market crashed which brought "The Great Depression") When he returned his family was evicted from their land and living at their parents (his grandparents) house. The family had received fliers about California. From there, they decide to head west. The Joads loaded up the old Studebaker truck, full with all belongings, and went to "Get their kicks on Route 66". Which was the only highway connecting east and west coast. Many problems were encountered on the way there. This is where life took on a whole different meaning.This book was like a real person. It had flaws, imperfections, but also had character and personality of it's own. "The Grapes of Wrath" wondered in and out of little sub stories while, all the way it kept on a main story. The little sub stories served a purpose though, they all had a little meaning that built into the main one. Sometimes the sub stories became a nuisance, because when the real story was getting interesting, it switch to something else. The book was also slightly long winded, but was still well done all in all.
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Summary: take it or leave it
Review: The Grapes of Wrath are for those who are interested in learning about a certain group's point of view when they were forced to migrate halfway across the continent in the 1930s. It is a powerful moving story that will make you wonder if things will get better or worse. The Grapes Of Wrath is considered to be a social protest by other reviews and I believe this is true for Steinbeck portrays the conditions that a migrant family workers had to go through. There were chapters in the book that were not about the migrant family and Steinbeck might have meant to do that so that readers will see the background of the story behind what's happening to the characters in the story and this also gives readers an idea about the history behind the novel that happened more than 60 years ago.
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Summary: Boring
Review: You'll want to use this thick boring book as a nice pillow after reading it for 1 minute.
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Summary: Pretty nifty, if you ask me... which, you didn't...hmm.
Review: I wholeheartedly believe that John Steinbeck had an amazing power of visualzation when he wrote this book. He makes all of the characters individual, but, they all work toward the same end, but from different paths, using their own strategies to overcome the obstacles that confront them.
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Summary: A Masterpiece of Humanity and Spirituality
Review: It is difficult to overstate the impact that this book had on the 16-year-old struggling with his identity that I was when I first read it in 1970. More so than Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men", this masterpiece did so very much to awaken the social consciousness and activism in me. As a native Californian, I had actually been called an "Okie" as a small child but had no context to define the word. The other reviews I read praised the book's portrayal of the Joads to maintain human dignity despite disposession and prejudice that is very tangible. But I love the book for its spirituality as well. The continual references to God are unmistakable! The injustice is easily recognizable because God put His notion of justice in us. The Preacher, the real hero of the story, is sacrificed to the injustice. Sheer poetry, the book is a towering work that loses none of its impact with the passage of years.
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Summary: A great book for Steinbeck fans
Review: This book gave me an excellent portrayal of life during the Great Depression. Steinbeck did a fabulous job of using his simple style and realistic dialogue to represent the life of a working class family during the 30's. I would suggest this book to those who are fans of Steinbeck and enjoy his writing techniques. The reason that I enjoyed this book so much was because I read it on my own to learn more about the Depression.
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Summary: Surprisingly eye-opening
Review: Well, I am currently trying to read the classics and books that everyone says are worthwhile. This one is definitely worthwhile! I wasn't too thrilled to start this one, but was pleasantly surprised by its depth and ability to move me. I'll have to say that after I read Chapter 25, I put the book down in despair, wondering, "Oh my gosh, can I go on reading this?" (Not because it was poor writing, but because it was spectacular writing - read the chapter). Absolutely Recommended.
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Summary: greatest book of the 20th century
Review: I cannot believe anyone would call this book boring. To do so is an act of utter ignorance. As a teenager,I admit that it took me 4 tries to get past the first 5 chapters, but once I did, I could not put it down. The book is one of the greatest works of this century. If it does not stand the test of time, I vow to eat my copy of it. READ IT!
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Summary: WORST BOOK EVER!
Review: Want to fall asleep? This is the book to read
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Summary: don't make me vomit
Review: This book is awful. Lit teachers who force their students to read this repetitive, boring depression era novel are exceptionally cruel. I would recommend gum surgery over this book.
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