"The Grapes Of Wrath" ( John Steinbeck )

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"Certain push-pull factors affected the Joad family as depicted in the novel by John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath. Such factors either push people from one are to another or pull them with promises of change and betterment.

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"Certain push-pull factors affected the Joad family as depicted in the novel by John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath. Such factors either push people from one are to another or pull them with promises of change and betterment. Both factors operate in the story of the Joads, for they are pushed off their land in the Dust Bowl and are pulled to a new life in California. In both cases, they are given little choice in what happens to them. These people have hopes and dreams in their original home and find these dashed by the drought and by the Depression affecting the nation. They develop new hopes and dreams on their journey to California, only to find these dashed as well because the state of California is overloaded and does not want to support any more people fleeing the Dust Bowl. The one thing that keeps the family going is a certain internal ..."

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