Why do you think john steinbeck wrote the book "The Grapes of Wrath"?

Question

i need to know why, for an essay that is due tomorrow...i would apreciate any help...thanxxx

Answer 1

Besides trying to depict in a compassionate and humanistic way, the plight of the poor during the Depression? Well, you already knew that. Besides that, I can't think of a thing.

Answer 2

John Steinbeck wrote "The Grapes of Wrath" to try and illustrate the bad situation that migrant workers of that time (the late 1930's) often found themselves in. "The Grapes of Wrath" is a political novel, written to criticize the government, social and business policies of the time, which is also why the characters are so flat in comparison with Steinbeck's realistic writing style; they are archetypes rather than real people, each representing a specific embodiment of human struggles and ideals.

Answer 3

John Steinbeck wrote "The Grapes of Wrath" to portray how life was like during The Great Depression. He gave examples of the brutality of land owners, how nearly everyone was deprieved, how everything people usually took for granted was--well--not granted to them. Also, Steinbeck wrote of the Joads in one chapter, then in the next chapter, he uses generic words like, 'the men' 'the women' 'the land'
not really reffering to just one person, rather reffering to the entire country, because that was what it was like during that period for EVERYONE during the Depression.

Answer 4

He wrote the grapes of wrath to let others visualize what the dust bowl was really like.He wanted his readers to understand his own personal experiences but put them into another fictional family's world.In his eyes,the readers just had to know the hardships of dustbowl life.

Answer 5

As a visually-oriented novelist, he wanted to give a mental picture of what people went through during the Great Depression era.

Answer 6

To give an understanding of the historical conditions which produced these people. He drew inspiration from the common people and attempted to use his book as an agent of social change.

Answer 7

He lived through THE GREAT DEPRESSION and wanted to communicate his experiences and those around him.