Grapes_of_Wrath_and_Anthem

Grapes of Wrath and Anthem A person’s life may be influenced by the time in which he lives in. Two primary examples of this theme are the literary works by John Steinbeck and Ayn Rand, The Grapes of Wrath and Anthem, respectively. During the periods of time where both novels took place in there were societies that have enormous gaps in social influence. They each portray characters of superiority and inferiority over and in comparison to others. Through the analysis of each book, it’s evident that the period in which they lived in had great affects on the characters. The Grapes of Wrath is a novel by John Steinbeck that exposes the desperate conditions under which the migratory farm families of America during the 1930's lived. It serves as an excellent example of the deterioration of social unity because one of its main topics of controversy is the class struggle between the rich and the poor. Throughout the novel, Steinbeck consistently focuses on the treatment of the migrant farmers. During many occasions, the Joad Family is put to the test, and it’s apparent that them, along with the other poor people, fail to come close in social power to any novel, social, people, life, word, each, dust, because, anthem, wrath, through, society, over, men, land, it’s, grapes, class, world, time, theme, steinbeck, scholars, rand, poor, picture, one, lived, joad, farmers, family, during, council, clear, been, way, treatment, took, throughout, symbol, superiority, sometimes, slaves, slavery, situation, rich, period, paint, out, others