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By Erica Frank - May 24, 2003

Contrasting the Movie and Novel Form of The... Four Pages of Fear, Hostility, and Exploitation All in the Family in The Grapes of Wrath The Importance of Chapter Twenty-Five Grapes of Greatness Problem vs Picaresque Camaraderie: Deciding an Individual's Fate Christian Influence in The Grapes of Wrath Class Consciousness in The Grapes of Wrath Ma Joad: The Progression from Family to Humanity Depression-Era Philosophies: Steinbeck and... The Harbinger of Tom Joad: John Steinbeck’s...

John Steinbeck wrote two novels in the thirties concerning human behaviors during the depression entitled The Grapes of Wrath in 1939 and In Dubious Battle in 1936. The Grapes of Wrath is the better novel because it fulfills the requirements of being a picaresque novel while In Dubious Battle does not stand up to the characteristics of a propaganda…

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