The Grapes of Wrath

what is the significance of the dry well on the joad farm

What is the significance of the dry well on the Joad farm?

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Water is the basis for life. This is especially evident on a farm. Without water nothing grows. The dry well is a symbol of the end of the sharecroppers, an end to farming as they know it.