Grapes of Wrath - Analysis 11

Grapes of Wrath Chapter 11 - Analysis In chapter 11 of the Grapes of Wrath, Steinbeck describes the scene after all the farmers have left. In this, he creates a sense of injustice, injustice to the farmers who have had to leave their land and to the land who is deprived of life and understanding. When the farmers leave their land, the land becomes vacant, but farm workers are soon upon it with tractors. This is injustice …

…greed as the central cause for the tenant farmers' dislocation from the earth they have always known. The corporate farmers who replace the old families possess the same purpose as their employers. They hold no love for the land as the former farmers did. They are interested only in getting their work done quickly and leaving with a paycheck. The tractors die and are put away. But the land, unloved, continues to live in injustice.