The Grapes of Wrath

Chapter One: The image of dust is repeated 24 times, and therefore it is being used a symbol, What then is the Dust symbolizing?

Chapter One: The image of dust is repeated 24 times, and therefore it is being used a symbol, What then is the Dust symbolizing?

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The dust represents the vanishing lives of the tenant farmers. The dust symbolizes the unexpected sorrow and hardships that occurs when the land dries up and all hope turns into dust disappearing in the wind.