“I have recently started a group that plans to discuss this novel as well other prominent works of fiction:Best English-Language Fiction of the Twentieth CenturyA new group centered on a composite list of the best English-language fiction of the twentieth century. Please give it a look, join up and invite your friends!http://www.shelfari.com/groups/46898/about”
“I love this book. My teacher actually told me to read it, because he likes it so much. It's a very good novel, with many unexpected bits. I love the sybolsim of the turtle. To be juxapose, this book makes me think about the Da Vinci Code. The turtle symbolism at least. Anyway, Awesome read!”
“Many people has told me that this is a great book. I would love to read it but, since I am not from an English speaking country, I am afraid that if I read it in Englisd I won't understand the whole story. That is why I want to ask anyone if this book is easy to be understood in English.Thank you to anyone who answers this question.”
“ I have to disagree. What was it that made his writing bad? He portrayed their sufferings and the injustice of it all vividly to me, and he caused an uproar among a lot of people who had turned their backs on the "Okies" who read it. Also, I don't know that the Joads were stupid. They were uneducated, and because there were so many migrant workers they were totally at the mercy of the rich farmers. The ads they got in Oklahoma told them they would make, say, $1 a bushel of grapes, or wheat, but when they got there, so many had come before them how could they expect to get $1 a bushel? That's not stupidity. This was before the minimum wage became law. Maybe you should see the movie with Henry Fonda--my parents were talking about this book two nights ago and we all thought it would be worth reading again.”
“somehow, he made hate the joads, and i know i was supposed to love them. stupidity for stupidity's sake is not charming or endearing.”
“how can a man become famous for writing badly about important things?”
“The story is among the great classics of American Lit. Steinbeck can bring you close to how the poor Joad family was delt with in America.”
“I've just started reading this book and am only on the seventh chapter so far. It seems like a good but slow book...and a bit of a more challenging read. I keep wondering if the dialouge will come easier the more I read it though!”
“I read "The Grapes of Wrath" last year, during my retirement years. I would invite a serious reader to delve into the book with me, that we might truly understand and appreciate the book in depth. My email is thesonnetannual@hotmail.com.”
“This was a real eye opener for me. Not living during the depression I never realized how difficult it must of been for those living during that era.”
