Grapes of Wrath
By John Steinbeck

A RETURN TO PARIDISE

Mark Ayling
Ms. Campbell
Seminar English
Period 4
5/4/01 How does California seem to modern America? Violent. Crowded. Filled with bad people. People who live in cities and have lost touch with the earth. These people are portrayed in John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath as Californians. Yet, people from the Midwest flocked to California seeking prosperity and opportunity. Their land had been taken by the banks and turned into cotton fields. They were left homeless and desperate. These people sought to work in the fields where they could eat a peach or sit under a tree to relax.
But there wasn't a California as they had imagined. In fact, the world they entered into when they arrived in California was a cold one. The locals excluded the newcomers and forced them to leave. The locals tormented the foreigners, calling them ‘Okies' and telling them that they are unwanted. There was no work and when there......

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Title: Grapes Of Wrath: How It Relates To The Romance Archetype
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