![]() ![]() He is on parole, so he’s always hiding from the cops. Tom has a quick temper and always gets in fights and arguments. He is the middle son who was in prison for killing a guy. Tom Joad: Tom is the son of Ma and Pa Joad. He wrote another book, Of Mice and Men, which is also an American classic. Steinbeck is famous for writing stories that give some insight into what it means to be an American, or to struggle to live in this big, free land. The book has chapters called "interchapters." In these "interchapters," there is really no plot and just the author describing some stuff like the weather or nature or some person or something. In this novel, this huge family is traveling from Oklahoma to California. He felt sympathy for them because usually migrant workers were treated so badly. John Steinbeck wrote this book from his own experiences growing up around a lot of migrant workers. ![]() The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck BACKGROUND ![]()
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