Change In John Steinbeck's The Grapes Of Wrath

Throughout the early 1930’s, Steinbeck’s characters were in search of a better life. They believed that they would achieve freedom from their nomadic lifestyles in America. Unfortunately, after the Wall Street crash of 1929 many of them lost their dream once the Great Depression began. To make matters worse, the increased farming activity and the 7 year drought, which began in 1931, created the Dust Bowl in the Great Plain States. During this time, many people traveled to California in search of jobs and an easier life.

I can’t get straight. They ain’t nothin’ keeps us clear’” (Steinbeck 536). Ma realizes that family is no longer a whole anymore. While migrating to California, the Joads face the inevitable reality of splitting up. The Joad family packed up everything they could to re-locate to the West, but they lost just more than their belongings, they lost each other.

Riverside, California there seemed that a lot of change was needed and the Chief Fortier was intended to be a "change agent." Often, the person who takes the lead in an alternative effort of the magnitude has become destined for a short tenure, because the alterations upset so many people in the organization. Chief Fortier experience might become compared with those of Chief Davis in Lowell and Chief Mangan in Spokane. Did Davis or Mangan do better, or was the situation in Riverside simply more challenging? Chief Mangan, compared to Chief Fortier was an outsider, both devoted their two years to build the foundation of support, in the community and the police department.

America has become lazy. The American dream is meant to encourage a strong work ethic and a sense of self helping. Now, people want the government to give them money for doing nothing; where is the motivation to work? People should be motivated to create a better life for their families and themselves; but rather, they’re content to live an average life. Steve Tobak from Fox Buisness strongly enforces his thoughts on what America has become in his article “Political Correctness is Destroying the American Dream”, “If people believe it makes no difference how they perform- that everyone’s the same, competition is bad, everyone’s a winner, and exceptional qualities will not be rewarded or even recognized- they’re left with nothing to strive for.

Over 500,000 copies were sold within the first year, but it was not well received. Many critics considered it socialist propaganda. It was banned from schools and libraries due to its language and “obscenities.” People also protested the book for its treatment of corporate farmers. At the time this book was written farmers were being pushed off their land by banks and the dust bowls and were migrating west to find work. This affected the composition because it highlighted the poor conditions of migrant workers which eventually lead to First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt supporting the book and having congressional hearings held about those conditions.

First, is the possibility of termination that would lead to immediate loss of income but may also lead to loss of licensure. Some states are “right-to-work state” which means even if my hospital goes union I do not have to join. Unions are limited legally by what they can accomplish for the worker, although a lot of people believe otherwise. This has remained debatable over the years. Unions have decreased over the years because the benefits for workers that unions push for are mostly covered by law now.

Companies did this, because they knew that farmers could not buy their goods from other businesses due to the fact that there were not any others in sight. Despite the hardships, the farmers united to fight this growing problem. The farmers during the Industrial Revolution had only adapted to the aspects that benefitted them and fought against the features of this era that harmed them. For example, although the farmers became more social and reliant on each other, they were not making as much money as they were before. Because of the decrease in revenue, they created the Farmer’s Alliance and the Populist platform to fight the big

This means that they whole future was determined by their race and it's unfair to have different jobs that are good or bad determined by the color of their skin it's unfair that Asians had the worst job while other races had good jobs. Working conditions were also bad because they had to hike to go to work and some had bad backs.According to source one it says “. Then had to hike up to the field for a long day of backbreaking labor A day in the field usually lasted 10 hours and a day at the mills lasted 12”. This means that some had very bad backs from working too much and having to hike to get back home these workers can get even more hurt if they keep on working but some might still do it to support their

He wanted to help other migrant workers earn fairer working conditions and wages. He formed the National Farm Workers Association. They went on strikes, not working for the company they worked for. They boycotted stores that sold the products they picked. They continued to recruit other migrant workers to the union.

The trip to California was inspired by some flyers that Pa Joad received one day. The Joads heard that California was in need of a larger work force, they then began dreaming of an amazing land where they prospered together as a family. But once the Joads arrived in California they realised it is not as stunning and lucrative as advertised. By the time the Joads had arrived, the job market had deplete due to the rush of migration to California, therefore Pa Joad was unable to find a lucrative job to support his family. The Joad family bounced around poverty camps, known as hoovervilles, and fought to keep food on the table.