Grapes Of Wrath- Myth Of The Okies

V. Bourhill Tutorial time: 2:15
607b1795 Tutor: Richard Marshall
09 April 2008
Seminar 2: The allegory of the Okies
The Grapes of Wrath written by John Steinbeck represents the Dust bankroll and Great Depression era and all the pain and pitiable that came with it. Keith Winschuttle in his article The Myth of the Okies sets out to dismiss Steinbecks book as a reliable source of biography but rather as a brisk that captures populates feelings instead of the true nature of the events. Winschuttle points out Steinbecks inaccuracies that deem the novel unreliable. These inaccuracies are discussed below.
The tragedy and hardships implementd by the Joads were felt by a minority of migrants to California. unalike Steinbecks figure of 300000, it is estimated that 90000 Okies migrated to California and of those 3800 were living in squatter villages such as those described in The Grapes of Wrath .



It is thinkable that research he conducted on the Okies for a San Francisco newspaper resulted in the inclusion of fact however on the whole the novel falls short of being a work of non-fiction . Its stream of production may have been the reason for the novels reputation as a work of both level and fiction . It was published alongside works of Lange and Taylor whose photographic try out painted a similar picture of the life of the Okies .
A great misconception created by the book is that of widespread dust storms. In the novel Steinbeck refers to widespread dust storms forcing farawaymers to tie handkerchieves over their mouths and applications programme everything . But this was not the case for most of Oklahoma and the besides region affected like this was the narrow pan-handle in the far west . This being said all areas of the region did experience a drought . Sallisaw, the area the Joads were said to dress from, did not...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com



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