The Grapes Of Wrath Movie Analysis

The Great Depression was a hard time for Americans. The time of the depression was a time of recession in the economy. Nobody's life was easy during this time; People tried to make the best of it though. The Great Depression affected people in many different ways. Families, due to the dust bowl, had to leave their homes. The government gave them no choice; they bulldozed their homes down if they refused to leave. In the movie The Grapes of Wrath, Muley talks about how he refused to leave his land and the government hired people to wreck his and others houses (Ford). These people had no choice, they were left out on the street. The Dust Bowl was caused by the farmers; the government stepped in to help though. “Working on a local level, the