Dust Bowl Migrants (Dorothea Lange)

Dust Bowl Migrants (Dorothea Lange)

Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Social and Political Institutions Under the Microscope

 

Grapes of Wrath is a litmus test for social and political instutions of Depression Era America.  The novel portrays business owners and workers, police and strikers, govenrment official and ordinary Americans.  What does the novel tell us about various social and political instutions like the government, the police, landowners, unions, religion, and ordinary Americans?

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