Isn't this book so lame? It has to have one of the worst endings ever. know there was probably some symbolism but the plot was horrible. I like it when the family was on the road but then the plot brokedown at the end. What do you guys think of the book?
2006-08-27 17:41:35 · 8 answers · asked by Boom!!! Shock A Locka 5 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
i loved how the mother kept trying to keep the family together. the Rose of Sharon pised me off cuz she was so annoying as were the two kids.
2006-08-27 17:46:48 · update #1
I think it's vastly overrated. It's one of those, "quick I need to write an american lit paper and need a book a kid could understand!" but ultimately comes to the fact that it is the same old cliched crap and overdone social statements that seems to infest most american novels.
2006-08-27 17:50:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A comment on 1930's America and the appalling conditions of the time.
2006-08-27 17:47:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Greatest American novel of all time. And not a bad film version, either. And the film doesn't have the ending you so apparently object to.
2006-08-27 17:48:05 · answer #3 · answered by Bryan D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A masterpiece of Americana. A historical novel.
2006-08-27 17:44:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's an American classic and an excellent piece of literature. Try to put yourself in their place and understand what the depression was really like.
2006-08-27 17:44:16 · answer #5 · answered by Jason 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The book was over your head. Try reading it again. Next you'll be telling us Catcher in the Rye was'nt a good book...
2006-08-27 17:48:27 · answer #6 · answered by Vinegar Taster 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I really enjoyed it and most of the other books by John Steinbeck.
2006-08-27 17:46:29 · answer #7 · answered by +bookish+ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
REad it again, awesome book, everyone has trying times so people can relate. I thought it was touching
2006-08-27 17:44:32 · answer #8 · answered by loira74 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋