The book The grapes of Wrath as many other books of John Steinbeck is the kind of book that the author focuses on describing the setting and the characters in the story.
The story took place in the United States of America, in a place called Sally saw, in Oklahoma, such place is where the family Joads lived when the story began.
A man named Tom Joad just got out of jail when the soty began,after been in prison for three years, he was very exited to see his folks again, but in the way to go back home he found out that things had changed.
When he arrived home, he noticed that the house was empty and then he realized that there was something wrong, but out of the sudden a man came out, his name was Cassy and he was a preacher before Tom had gone to jail, they traveled together to meet the Joads at Toms uncle John house, where they were supposed to be. In the way there Tom saw a friend and then we found out that his family was about to leave to California because everybody there had lost everything by the hands of the government . Tom and Cassy step up to meet the Joads before they leave, and when they finally arrived to the house Tom saw his family again and they told him their plans to go to California and work there.
When they were ready to go, Cassy decided to followe them.
When they got in their way, the life in the roads was totally different,even though they had some money and food they had to leave in the roads, travelling on the day time and sleeping besides the high way at night.
The time passed by and while the people that was migrating to California spent their lives in the high ways, small camps began to be formed, and at every certain distance people would be camping and staying at night. The weeks were passing and the Joads were still in their way to California, and the problems began to emerge, this because Toms gram-father died, creating tension between the family.Later on Al (Toms brother) also decided to go by himself and the family continued to get broken up into a part.
Almost in California, the Joads were camping at a Hookville besides the high way and the police came to tell the people to leave right away because they were not allowed to camp there and if not they were going to burn up the camp,saying that some upset people started complaining and a fight began between the police and people, at last the policeman shot a woman and Tom knock him out,however the other policeman called for help and try to take Tom to prison but Cassy, the preacher, said that he was guilty and they took him instead of Tom.
When the Joads finally got to California they stayed in a government camp for one month, even though it was an amazing place to live, they could not stay longer because there was not any work at all around the area, so they decided to leave the camp and go up north where was supposed to be plenty of work. By that time grandma could not handle the lost of her husband and she also died when they had just arrived to California.This situations drove the people desperate and the hunger was been a problem for everybody, which made the things even worse because people was force to work for very low wages because the owners of the farms knew that if the hungry people did not want the job, they could easily get someone more hungry and pay less, but still he would do the same job.
At this time the Joads were in his way up north and in the middle of the road a man stopped them and told them that if they needed to work they could go to his farm not too far from there, and in the same day the joads got to the farm and started to work there.After a full day of work, the joad had gotten money to have a nice dinner, and at night Tom decided to have a walk around the area, while he was walking Tom realized that there was something weird in that place and he wanted to find out, so he went close to some tents outside the ranch, and his surprised was that Cassy the preacher was there making plans with some other people to have an strike in the farm because they were not getting the money that they had accord since the beginning, however things went wrong and they got cought and Cassy got killed, but at the same time Tom went crazy and hit the guy in the head for several times.
After that happened the Joad quited the job and went away, however Tom also went away form them because they had gotten a new job but they would not contract Tom because the police was looking for him.
The Joads worked there for a few months until the rain season came, while Tom was hiding in a cave.
Big rains devastated California and the people lost all their stuff, in the other hand the joads had more problems because Toms sister was pregnant and the baby born dead, the girl was awful sick, so they had to leave the place where they lived because of the rain was destroying everything from there.
The joads stayed in a barn with other two men that were already there, and waited until the rain stop.

This book has got to be the worst piece of literature I have ever read. It had all the elements of a great novel but it somehow did not turn out. First of all, the plot was flat; there was hardly a climax at all. Secondly, I could not connect to the characters. I didn’t care what happened to Tom Joad and his family; they could have all died and I wouldn’t have cared. And lastly, the ending (if you can call it that) is so unfulfilling. After over 400 pages of torture, all you end up with is a chapter that doesn’t constitute as an ending. Also, should reading a book make you angry, when nothing is happening in the book to make you angry? Every time I picked up this book, I just became more and more angry at how overwhelmingly awful this book was. Although there must be something admirable about this, I can’t see it, and hold no respect for a novel of this low calibre. I’m just sorry that I can’t give it the rating it deserves: a zero

I read this book many years ago when I was in grade 10. Unfortunately, I was too young to fully appreciate this wonderful book back then. This time around, I was mesmerized! It is a wonderful, touching story of a family trying to make a life for themselves despite the most terrifying circumstances. I wish it went on for another hundred pages so that I could spend more time with the Joads.

If you are looking for a novel that will change the way you view humanity, The Grapes of Wrath is a book you should read. Full of emotion, this novel is written straight from the heart and will leave you reflecting on the limits of your own humanity.