Grapes of Wrath

The Depression era setting of The Grapes of Wrath carries the family throughout the novel by John Steinbeck.

Before you even read The Grapes of Wrath or War and Peace, you know that both are rather big books - big as in famous and big as in long - but the novels' similarities go deeper.

The phrase "the grapes of wrath" has become part of American culture mainly because of the song Battle Hymn of the Republic. In this article I give three Bible verses that refer to this graphic image and explain what it means in biblical terms.

Perhaps no American work of fiction fits the label of "The Great American Novel" better than John Steinbeck's wonderfully written, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Grapes of Wrath.

The "Big Read" is in March. The Grapes of Wrath deals with problems we are facing today.

This essay is both a review and report of John Steinback's story of migrant farm workers during the Great Depression.

The message of The Grapes of Wrath is one of compassion and understanding. It is a novel that forces us to ask the question of ourselves: What would I give up to help someone else?

The contemporary economic meltdown is becoming an opportunity to revisit era of the Great Depression and The Grapes of Wrath

My response to a criticism written about Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath."

An in-depth article dealing with the claims of feminism within the pages of Steinbeck's classic, "The Grapes of Wrath."

The poor and dispossessed peoples of the earth are not just characters in a novel about the Dust Bowl during the Great Depression.

The Grapes of Wrath is one of the true American Classics. It is loved and praised for its characters, insights, and simple story. It is also hated for its honesty and reality.

There are many similarities between Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath and Buck's The Good Earth This comparative essay analyzes these two great novels.

The reaction to the 9/11 attacks did not exactly follow the Kubler-Ross model of denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. For most people the reaction went through four stages. For some there was a fifth.

If you are thinking of watching a great movie tonight, I have created a list of 5 movies that are inspirational.

Another in the series of studies on Newness

Popular and classic books have always provided Hollywood with a steady source of material and inspiration for making films. Here are the top three book choices made by the author, and casting choices for actors and directors in these productions.

Ma knows how to keep the family together and intact. That is why she was the head of the household in those difficult times.

Who really needs government like this? Since when is this the country where we elect a Pharaoh and his enormous administration. Nonsense services are abusive for taxpayer to have to pay for. There should be no federal bail out.

When most people hear the word 'classic' in relation to a piece of literature, they often associate it with a generally unpleasant reading experience. Slow pace, dry action, and overall boringness are common misconceptions about classics.