LogoTheGrapesofWrathLogoAbouttheauthorContents1Backgroundinformation2CharactersIntroduction3PlotSummary4LogoJohnSteinbeck(1902-1968)BorninSalinas,Californiain1902.WenttoStanfordUniversitybutleftearlybeforehecouldgethisdegreePublished19worksoffiction,10non-fictionandwrote12screenplays.3marriages2children.LogoHisMajorworks•CupofGold(1929)《金杯》•ThePasturesofHeaven(1932)《天堂牧场》•TheGrapesofWrath(1939)•OfMiceandMan(1937)•ThePearl(1947)《珍珠》•EastofEden(1952)《伊甸园以东》•TravelswithCharleyinSearchofAmerica(1962)《与查理同游》LogoWritingcharacteristicsSettings:AmericanlandandpeopleFocus:speakingfortheoppressedandsufferedCharacters:sympatheticandhumanityAuthenticdescriptionsofhistimesLogoBackgroundGreatDepressionthesubject:DepressionarevoltofgenteelmannernaturalistcstylepovertywidespreadpanicabsolutemiserydespairInfluencesonAmericanLiteratureTheFieldsofSalinas,CaliforniaLogoIntroductionoftheMajorCharactersMaJoadRoseofSharonJimCasyTomJoadfriendLogoTheGrapesofWrathPlotAnalysisInitialSituation——ThelandischangingTomJoadisparoledfromprisonforhomicide.Onhisjourneyhome,hemeetsanow-formerpreacher,JimCasy,whomheremembersfromhischildhood,andthetwotraveltogether.Whentheyarriveathischildhoodfarmhome,Oklahoma,theyfinditdeserted.There'sbeenadrought,duststormsarerampant,cropsaredead,theeconomyisweak,andlandownersmustkicktenantfarmers(liketheJoads)offoftheland.PlotAnalysisConflict——TheJoadsmustmovewestward.Complication——Californiaisnotallthat.LogoThankyou