Unity of a family explored in The Grapes of Wrath Joad in California during The Dust Bol. However, it is also about the unity of a family and the concept of birth and death, both literal and abstract. At the same time, the idea of a family unit is explored through these births and deaths. As we can see in The Grapes of Wrath, the Joads are a very close-knit family. Yet on their journey to California, they experience many losses and additions to their family. In general, Steinbeck's novel takes place in the circle of life. When a birth occurs, a death follows, and when a death occurs, a birth follows. However, in The Grapes of Wrath, the number of deaths exceeds the number of births in order to show the negative impacts of The Dust Bowl. The first birth of the novel takes place in chapter eight when Tom Joad returns to his family from prison. Before Tom returned, Ma Joad had been deeply worried about making the trip to California without him, as she did not want the family to break up before their trip even began. The idea of Tom Joad returning at this point is considered a birth because the Joad family is now complete. This begins the novel by giving the reader a better idea of how close the Joad family is. Additionally, the first reference to death appears in chapter ten. Grandfather decides that he does not want to leave his land and go west. "'Here is my country. I am staying here...I am not going there. This country is not good, but it is my country'" (152). Once again, in order not to divide the family, Ma Joad drugs Grampa so that the family places him in the real middle of the paper......by what Rose of Sharon delivers in chapter thirty. You would think that when Rose of Sharon gives birth to her dead baby, it is a sign that all hope is lost because it breaks the circle of life. However, Steinbeck ends The Grapes of Wrath on a somewhat uplifting note by incorporating a final birth. At the end of the novel, Rose of Sharon gives life to a dying old man by letting him drink the breast milk she would have used to feed her own baby. “She looked up and walked through the barn, and her lips met and smiled mysteriously” (619). In conclusion, The Grapes of Wrath may appear, on the surface, to be a novel about a family's journey from Oklahoma to California during the Dust Age. Bowl. Instead, looked at in more depth, The Grapes of Wrath reveals itself to be a story about the circle of life and how a family stays together throughout that cycle...

Essay / Unity of a family explored in The Grapes of Wrath Joad in California during The Dust Bol. However, it is also about the unity of a family and the concept of birth and death, both literal and abstract. At the same time, the idea of a family unit is explored through these births and deaths. As we can see in The Grapes of Wrath, the Joads are a very close-knit family. Yet on their journey to California, they experience many losses and additions to their family. In general, Steinbeck's novel takes place in the circle of life. When a birth occurs, a death follows, and when a death occurs, a birth follows. However, in The Grapes of Wrath, the number of deaths exceeds the number of births in order to show the negative impacts of The Dust Bowl. The first birth of the novel takes place in chapter eight when Tom Joad returns to his family from prison. Before Tom returned, Ma Joad had been deeply worried about making the trip to California without him, as she did not want the family to break up before their trip even began. The idea of Tom Joad returning at this point is considered a birth because the Joad family is now complete. This begins the novel by giving the reader a better idea of how close the Joad family is. Additionally, the first reference to death appears in chapter ten. Grandfather decides that he does not want to leave his land and go west. "'Here is my country. I am staying here...I am not going there. This country is not good, but it is my country'" (152). Once again, in order not to divide the family, Ma Joad drugs Grampa so that the family places him in the real middle of the paper......by what Rose of Sharon delivers in chapter thirty. You would think that when Rose of Sharon gives birth to her dead baby, it is a sign that all hope is lost because it breaks the circle of life. However, Steinbeck ends The Grapes of Wrath on a somewhat uplifting note by incorporating a final birth. At the end of the novel, Rose of Sharon gives life to a dying old man by letting him drink the breast milk she would have used to feed her own baby. “She looked up and walked through the barn, and her lips met and smiled mysteriously” (619). In conclusion, The Grapes of Wrath may appear, on the surface, to be a novel about a family's journey from Oklahoma to California during the Dust Age. Bowl. Instead, looked at in more depth, The Grapes of Wrath reveals itself to be a story about the circle of life and how a family stays together throughout that cycle...

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