The movie “The Grapes of Wrath” takes place during the Great Depression, in the mid/late 1920s. The Joad family, like many others, is affected greatly by the depression physically as well as emotionally. They are left homeless and landless by the government, sent to live on the road with little to no money, and must move across the country looking for work so that they might eat. The family from Oklahoma is forced to …showed first 75 words of 328 total…

…showed last 75 words of 328 total…decent camp which is run only by the people who live there, and decent jobs, they can’t even believe it at first. Their past experiences have left them with distrust for all people. “The Grapes of Wrath” is an eye-opening look at the Great Depression and the people that had to live through it, or die because of it. It also shows the strong human nature of people, along with their will to survive.