The Grapes of Wrath
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Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30
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The Grapes of Wrath

by John Steinbeck
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Introduction Intro
Plot Summary Plot
Summary & Analysis
  • Chapter 1
  • Chapter 2
  • Chapter 3
  • Chapter 4
  • Chapter 5
  • Chapter 6
  • Chapter 7
  • Chapter 8
  • Chapter 9
  • Chapter 10
  • Chapter 11
  • Chapter 12
  • Chapter 13
  • Chapter 14
  • Chapter 15
  • Chapter 16
  • Chapter 17
  • Chapter 18
  • Chapter 19
  • Chapter 20
  • Chapter 21
  • Chapter 22
  • Chapter 23
  • Chapter 24
  • Chapter 25
  • Chapter 26
  • Chapter 27
  • Chapter 28
  • Chapter 29
  • Chapter 30
Themes
  • All Themes
  • Humanity, Inhumanity, and Dehumanization Theme Icon
    Humanity, Inhumanity, and Dehumanization
  • Dignity, Honor, and Wrath Theme Icon
    Dignity, Honor, and Wrath
  • Faith and Guilt Theme Icon
    Faith and Guilt
  • Powerlessness, Perseverance, and Resistance Theme Icon
    Powerlessness, Perseverance, and Resistance
  • Family, Friendship, and Community Theme Icon
    Family, Friendship, and Community
Quotes
Characters
  • All Characters
  • Tom Joad
  • Ma Joad
  • Jim Casy
  • Pa Joad
  • Rose of Sharon
  • Uncle John
  • Muley Graves
Symbols
  • All Symbols
  • Animals Symbol Icon
    Animals
  • The Stillborn Baby Symbol Icon
    The Stillborn Baby
Lit Devices
  • All Literary Devices
  • Allusions
  • Dialect
  • Flashbacks
  • Foreshadowing
  • Genre
  • Hyperbole
  • Imagery
  • Irony
  • Logos
  • Metaphors
  • Mood
  • Motifs
  • Paradox
  • Pathos
  • Personification
  • Satire
  • Setting
  • Similes
  • Situational Irony
  • Style
  • Tone
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