Grapes of Wrath Context
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- John Steinbeck
- Born in 1902
- known to write about societies most down-trodden citizens
- migrant workers
- Of mice and Men
- The Grapes of Wrath
- migrant workers
- The Grapes of Wrath Context
- The dust bowl
- early 1930's
- affected mainly Oklahoma and Texas
- severe drought
- the top soil had become loose
- agricultural failure
- many travelled to California in search of a new life
- However California wasn't as expected
- overcrowded
- jobs and food became scarce
- hostility from Californians
- "okie"
- caused riots
- burnt down Hoovervilles
- named after PresidentHoover
- Blamed for the problems that led to the Great Depression
- accomidation was minimal
- weedpatch camp
- buit by the government to house migrant workers
- more luxurious than hoovervilles
- running and hot water
- flushing toilets
- showers
- weedpatch camp
- named after PresidentHoover
- However California wasn't as expected
- many travelled to California in search of a new life
- Publishing of the novel
- 1939
- The Grapes of Wrath
- views
- 1939
- The Great Depression
- affected dust bowl farmers greatly
- unabble to pay mortgageor invest in industrial machines
- needed to keep up with bigger landowners
- forced to leave the land "tractored off"
- many travelled to California in search of a new life
- However California wasn't as expected
- overcrowded
- jobs and food became scarce
- hostility from Californians
- "okie"
- caused riots
- burnt down Hoovervilles
- named after PresidentHoover
- Blamed for the problems that led to the Great Depression
- accomidation was minimal
- weedpatch camp
- buit by the government to house migrant workers
- more luxurious than hoovervilles
- running and hot water
- flushing toilets
- showers
- weedpatch camp
- named after PresidentHoover
- However California wasn't as expected
- many travelled to California in search of a new life
- unabble to pay mortgageor invest in industrial machines
- wall street crash
- October 1929
- mid 1930's
- affected dust bowl farmers greatly
- The dust bowl
- devoted to writing his novels
- Preparation
- Grapes of Wrath
- lived with an Oklahoma family
- travelled to California with them
- Grapes of Wrath
- Preparation
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