The Grapes of Wrath
http://www.artic.edu/blog/2012/11/20/the-dust-bowl The book The Grapes of Wrath follows the story of the Joad family, and of all of the migrant families, during the dust bowl era. In the Grapes of Wrath the migrant families who are forced from their land are treated very poorly by the people they meet along their journey, and when they reach their destination that is California. Throughout the novel the migrants are treated badly by everyone they come into contact with. The people and the authorities do things to dehumanize the migrants in their minds and in real life. People often called the migrants Oakies and Reds. They automatically assumed they were there to try to steal or beg, and their unkempt appearances were further fuel to the fire ( chapter 15). They were targeted by police in California, and they were accused of spreading disease and violence. The migrants made homes in “Hoovervilles”(chapter 19) and sheriffs burned those homes to the ground(chapter 20). Th