Grapes Of Wrath Essay Report

Individual to Widespread Many times in life a person¹s views is altered due to real life experiences. Situations a person is put into also may alter these views. This situation occurred in the Grapes or Wrath. As the novel progresses, the Joads progress from concern only for themselves and their own personal welfare to a concern for all the people in the world. This change brought about the disintegration of the small family unit …

…family. As the Joad¹s disintegrated, the big family became more of a factor. Throughout this book many views were changed. One major shift contained the change from individual thinking to widespread thinking. The Joad¹s went from a small family caring only for themselves to a large family containing all migrant workers caring for anyone that needed help. Tom became a totally new person by the end of the book due to this shift.