Sean KimMrs. KentEnglish 3H12 January 2015Grapes of Wrath Reading RecordTitle: Grapes of WrathAuthor: John SteinbeckGenre: Epic; realistic fiction; social commentarySetting: late May-late October 1938, Oklahoma, CaliforniaPoint of View: Point of view moves dramatically between different perspectives. In some parts, the narrator describes events comprehensively, condensing the encounters of a large number of people and providing authentic investigation. Often, in the same sections, the narrator expects the voice of an ordinary individual, for example, an uprooted rancher or an abnormal used car dealer, communicating his individual concerns. Atmosphere: The atmosphere of this story is very downtrodden. But she is presented as a lady who intentionally and happily fulfills her part of the "bastion of the family". She is basically the healer of the family's ills and the mediator of its contentions, and her ability to carry out these errands becomes as the novel progresses. Pa Joad is the wife of Ma Joad and the father of Tom. Pa Joad is a sharecropper from Oklahoma who was forced off his farm. An outspoken and kind-hearted man, Pa leads the push to bring the family to California. Once there, unable to find work and increasingly nervous, Pa ends up looking for quality and initiative in Ma Joad, but sometimes feels embarrassed by his weaker position. Grandpa Joad: Tom Joad's grandfather. The creator of the Joad ranch, Grandpa is currently old and ill. When he had a barbaric and ferocious character, Grandfather's deviousness is currently limited practically only to his tongue. He takes great pleasure in tormenting his wife and astonishing others with evil speeches. Despite the fact that his character generally serves to create a silly impact, he shows a genuine and strong connection to the area. The family is forced to nurse him to convince him to leave the property; Evacuated from his common part, in any case, Grandpa soon bites the We know it all, from where Ma Joad keeps his letters, news clippings and trinkets, to the precise spot that is supposed to fix Wilson's visiting car. In fact, Steinbeck is so good at being precise that by the time we complete The Grapes of Wrath, we have earned our doctorates in the specialty of automotive repair. His parts dealing with the Joad family are filled with lively, snappy dialogue that almost comes close to the sound and rhythms of Oklahoma speech. We sense that we are at that point, approaching the Joads. Steinbeck blends his sections on the Joads with sections that investigate the life and times of the Dust Bowl through a broad recorded lens. These sections tend to accept a continuous flow, as it outlines banks expelling sharecroppers, degenerate car salesmen offering broken-down cars for an excessive amount of money, and even the very clean storms that destroy the area. On these occasions, Steinbeck uses a lot of reiteration, making the dialect seem almost dreamlike and underlining the urgent times of the Dust Bowl.