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Film Analysis: The Grapes Of Wrath
People during this century had to become ego and selfish as it was so difficult to just feed themselves. In the film ‘Grapes of Wrath’, people that came to destroy the houses on the farm said, “I got two little kids at home. My wife, wife’s mother. The folks gotta eat.” After that he continues to state that “First and only, I think about my folks. What happens to others is their own lookout.” During this time people were unable to share or help out others who had difficult circumstances. Pretty much everyone needed help and there was no time to be relaxed. Work was almost impossible to find and pays such a meager wage that a family’s full day’s work cannot buy a decent meal. The true happiness and delight comes from sharing love with others

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