Grapes Of Wrath Reflection

Grapes of Wrath is a book on a man that goes by Tom Joad. The time it took was around The Dust Bowl/ Great Depression era. Tom just got out of prison from killing a man, and has know idea what is happening. He goes out and looks for his family and goes back to his home before prison. While on his walk to his home he finds an old preacher, who talks greatly about, Casey. Jim Casey tells Tom about how he is no longer a preacher, because he has committed a sin. They continue on walking to the house. The two then finds out that not only his family is gone but everyone he knows is gone. One of Tom’s old neighbors still stuck around and saw that he was lost, and told the two were the other Joads are. They require where they need to be and walked there as fast as they can. They finally got to Tom’s uncle’s place where the Joads found refuge. They all caught up with Tom and then left Kansas City for California to find work, so they can start supporting their family. On the way there they encounter death, people who are out to stop others from getting a job, people who are on the same road for the same reasons as them, and multiple campsites with numerous problems.
Throughout the story the same occurring theme shows, and that theme is family is all you have during the tough times. Here is what I mean by that. When Tom first got out of prison he

automatically went in search for his family. He hitched hiked to get to them, he picked up animals such as a “land turtle” for his brother. He went through the sand to get to his Uncle’s to get to them, so he could help them. Once he got to the family he was instantly greeted by everyone with open arms and loving smiles. He helped out with getting everything the family needed before they Left for California. Not only did Tom look for a job but so did his Uncle, Pa, and younger brother Al. While they were off, Ma and Rose of Sharon stayed at camp and took care the little ones, also the cleaning. But they soon found out that people there to stop and have people locked up for looking for jobs. They then realized that only kin can help through the rough times.
The theme of the book can be related to now in day problems.

People are always moving around to find work to feed their family. Sometimes the parents aren’t the only ones who have to work to feed kids. There are teenagers even young adults who help out their families, much like Tom Joad and Al Joad. They both helped out to get their family what they needed. There are some people in that situation. But unlike the times, there are help benefits people can get. So that might make things a lot easier. But they’re not always accessible to everyone some are still struggling to feed their kids and that is extremely

upsetting.