Grapes of Wrath

THEMES:

1) The importance of the land to the people
2) The Strength of Women
3) The Importance of family (even the definition of WHAT IS FAMILY)
4) We vs. I
5) People vs. “Moloch”
6) Anger

Characters:

Tom Joad
Jim Casey
Muley Graves
Herb Turnbull
Willy Feeley
Old Tom Joad
Ma Joad
Al Joad
Grandpa Joad
Gramma Joad
Noah Joad
Uncle John
Rosasharn
Connie Rivers


Allusions to the Bible:

“The Angel swung his sickle on the earth, gathered its grapes and threw them into the great winepress of God’s Wrath.”