Summary: The Grapes Of Wrath

Words: 1000
Pages: 4

AP BOOK REPORT
1. Title of Book: The Grapes of Wrath
2. Author and Date Written: John Steinbeck author of the book wrote the book during the 1930-1940 during the era of The Great Depression.
3. Country of Author: John Ernst Steinbeck Jr. was born on February 26, 1902 in Salinas, California
4. Characters (Major and Minor):
Tom Joad- Joad’s family second son spent four years in jail for killing a man
Ma Joad- Leader of the family
Leader- Ma Joad takes leadership of the family after the death of grandpa joad
Strong- Ma joad is strong because even though grandpa joad and grandma joad died she did not cry she kept forging forward for her family
Jim Casy- A former preacher
Follower- When Tom Joad and his family are going to California Jim decides
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Mechanic- He’s a mechanic because he’s into cars
Rose of Sharon- Sister of Tom and married to Connie Rivers and is pregnant
Helpful- When she meets a starving man she breast feeds him and he survives
Noah Joan- Tom’s older brother
Ruthie Joad- The second and youngest daughter of the Joad parents
Dependent- She is dependent on her brother Winfield Joad
Competitive- She likes to compete with her brother Winfield
Winfield Joad- The youngest son of the Joads
Connie Rivers- The husband of Rose of Sharon
Coward- Once they get to California he leaves the Joad family and his wife
Immature- He’s immature because when he left the Joad family and his wife he did not care that she was
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On the way there he reencounters himself with Jim Casy a former preacher. When they get to Toms home there’s no one there and everything is gone. They find Muley hiding in the house and he explains to them that everyone got kicked out of their lands. He then tells them that they moved to his Uncle John house. Soon after they head to his uncles house and reunite with Tom’s family. His family explains to Tom that they are headed to California to look for work. Then, they load up their belongings to the truck and invite Jim on their journey to look for work. On the road to California Grandpa and Grandma Joad died. When they arrive to California things aren’t so well for the family because they can’t find work and then there hardships start from