The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (Book Summary) - Minute Book Report

This is a quick book summary of The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. This channel discusses and reviews books, novels, and short stories through drawing...poorly.
Transcript: This is a story about a man named Tom Joad, a ex-convict recently released from prison for killing a man with a shovel while being stabbed. While hitchhiking to his father’s cotton farm in Oklahoma, Tom meets Casy, his childhood preacher who has since left the church.
When they arrive at the farm, they see that it is abandoned and the land has been worked over by a tractor. A man named Muley, a local man who knew Tom when he was younger, approaches and explains that most of the families in the area have been forced out by the banks and that Tom’s family has gone to live with his Uncle John.
Tom and Casy walk to Uncle John’s farm and Tom is reunited with his father, mother, grandparents, and siblings. Over breakfast, Tom’s father explains that they were planning on moving to California.
The family packs in the truck, which includes Grandpa, Grandma, Casy, Uncle John, Connie, Rose of Sharon, Al, Noah, Ruthie, Winfield, and Tom. They begin their journey on the road to California on Highway 66.
As the family continues on their journey, they stop on the side of the road to rest and meet the Wilson’s, a husband and wife whose car has stopped working. Grandpa Joad feels sick and dies of a stroke.
As they exit Oklahoma and enter Texas, the car breaks down and needs a new engine part. The rest of the family goes ahead in the truck and rests at a stop, while Tom and his brother, Al, look for a service station. They find a car parts dealer and the one-eyed man sells them the part they need for cheap.
They return to the vehicle and fix it, eventually catching up to the family at the stop. However, at the stop, a man returning from California tells them that workers arriving in California are being taken advantage of because of their desperation. Still, the Joad and Wilson families continue on their journey.
The family drives through Arizona and finally arrives in California, but they still must cross the desert. At a local encampment, Tom’s brother, Noah, decides to stay and the Wilson’s urge the Joad’s to continue without them because Mrs. Wilson is near death. With Grandma Joad nearly dead, the family packs up and makes the final push into California. However, Grandma Joad never sees the orchards and city lights of California, as she dies in the back of the truck.
After burying Grandma Joad, the family settles in an encampment called Hooverville. The collection of tents is full of poor workers and their families, all of which are struggling to eat. Tom meets a man named Floyd who tells him that there is no work in the area and describes how the workers are being taken advantage of because of so few jobs.
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[@mastle313]

Aw

[@oceanwater6887]

Joe-ad?? I swear it’s Joe-d

[@codysuttonmusic]

Ocean Water It is Joad like Joe-d. Even in the movie.

[@recession81]

Yeah he pronounced it wrong

[@thebubby67833]

My uni are making me do essay on The great Gatsby and Grapes of wrath and seeing how there both parts of American literature THANK YOU FOR THIS 👏🏼

[@maddie1056]

same rip i hate both novels

[@SylvesterLazarus]

I've just finished the book. I almost cried when Uncle John put the dead child in the river. "He held the apple box against his chest. And then he leaned over and set the box in the stream and steadied it with his hand. He said fiercely, "Go down an' tell 'em. Go down in the street an' rot an' tell 'em that way. That's the way you can talk. Don' even know if you was a boy or a girl. Ain't gonna find out. Go on down now, an' lay in the street. Maybe they'll know then." :_(

[@HH-xs2gm]

Ok, what is up with that messed up ending? Like I get this is supposed to be a realistic novel but couldn't it be a little more satisfying...

[@brett327]

Are you kidding? The breastfeeding on the last page of the book is the punch in the face for the reader that drives the entire point of the story home.

[@MatthewChenIsAwesome]

@@brett327 how so

[@mrkgulchenko]

Mathew Wang It symbolizes them becoming one family with all the desolate workers in California.

[@Sweeps]

It has some symbolism with showing how at the beginning of the book, women looked to their men. Now they depend on women. The book couldn’t really have a “good” ending because, well, when Steinbeck was writing this the depression still hadn’t been solved.

[@xthedman420x8]

@@Sweeps I believe in the end, it shows the character growth of Rosasharon, originally caring about nothing but herself and the baby, to basically saving another person's life despite her losing so much life (Like Grandma, grampa, ect.)

[@petravondalova7926]

Thanks! I´m glad I didn´t have to read this...

[@trDewy]

Thanks for the summary friend! I appreciate your work here. Just a small tip though, Joad is pronounced "Jode" with a long "O" sound.

[@tdreamgmail]

I know this is fiction but if life is as tough as that. We're lucky to be alive in this time.

[@seeriktus]

Its inspired by the dustbowl in the 1930s great depression. The 2009 recession almost got like this too.

[@mycosartorius9064]

Technically this isn't fiction. Steinbeck wrote this from the recount of a real man named Tom Joad.

[@sandysnatch9045]

see also pete seeger music

[@jaxong.2701]

Lucky my ass.

[@bettyjones2614]

2020 and Capitalism has reached its limits the distribution of wealth is top heavy and it aint trickling down! With no FDR Keynesianist in sight its time to read a Brave New World and remember what we gave away!

[@lifeasithappens]

Grapes 🍇 of Wrath should be a never ending story of American life even today 2022

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5:43 wait what?

[@apothecurio]

The Magnificent Creep yeah

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[@deadlycushing769]

Be was faking it to take the easy way

[@jasminepaul2062]

I got this for my 7th grade book report, so thank you!

[@menathecreator3541]

wowow you prolly graduated now

[@jasminepaul2062]

@@menathecreator3541 lmaoo graduating on Friday :)

[@adwill8790]

This was lots of help for after I read the book and had to do a book talk on it thanks again :)

[@meshkuraparlak4805]

This video saved me

[@MicheldeGraaf]

the end stays weird though xD btw thanks a lot i scored an 8 out of 10 on my book test (which we have to do in the Netherlands)

[@luizreyes2672]

Agree I'm glad I found someone with opinion

[@HotTakeAndy]

Sounds depressing as hell

[@akshitmonga478]

That’s why it’s the Great Depression

[@bettyjones2614]

Get used to it! Neo lie is about to be revealed!

[@JesseOrlandoAldana]

exactly what I was looking for, thanks!

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[@dianagonzalez2710]

Thank you so much!

[@HushtheMag]

Just finished it, The book was very captivating but the end was crap.

[@liamcole9319]

Thanks

[@ronniegibboni8327]

what do we think happened to Floyd??

[@lawrencebrierley5161]

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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+lauren brierley You're welcome. :)

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[@veronicamendez1646]

Can you summarize Eleanor and Park please.

[@MinuteBookReports]

+Veronica Mendez I've already made a video about that book on my channel. You can search on my channel page for it. Thanks.

[@dusk4819]

“Joe-ad” 😂

[@ananthidurai9433]

Sir grapes of wrath summary in tamil pls

[@Sweeps]

His name is pronounced like toad but with a j sound, as in jar. Do J-oad

[@nataliarilling9178]

Holy fuck

[@michaelsaid8883]

You're summary was amazing. But you forgot the most important part! The dog dying!! xD. nah but for real, thanks for much.

[@hitactbot7766]

What part did the dog die!?

[@haoweishi1340]

amazing book

[@aidanswenson9659]

Was this just a big add for joe?

[@frankgarcia9501]

Ah yes my favorite weezer song

[@notmaireelneim]

No gunfight and no car chase. I was very disappointed with this book.

[@mycosartorius9064]

It's a true story, and is very realistic. Real life isn't a fantasy dumbass.

[@WreStlinGaddict1000]

I thought Tom refused to go.

[@erichuang5971]

nah it was muley

[@dracotitanfall]

Holy shit thats way too damn sad, like god wtf

[@gma8301]

subtitle pleaseeeee? where i can find it?

[@MinuteBookReports]

+gma Subtitles are on the video. It's the little "CC" graphic near the settings. Hope you can find it. :)

[@gma8301]

+Minute Book Reports thank youuuuu such a big help. :)

[@gma8301]

i can't download it with subtitle.. what can i do? help me please.

[@gibbz91]

Have I been saying my name wrong all this time? I thought it was joad like toad but this kid keeps saying jo-ad

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Thanks dude u save my ass

[@samking4179]

Steinbeck = depressing

[@cheyennedouthitt4095]

well that escalated quickly. #First

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[@zizipi]

😮

[@rat5project307]

joAAd? the hell? Do you even english?

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+RAT5 Project Yes, I "even English." :)

[@gilormsplay]

Whatever flo-ats your bo-at

[@mrgotham3685]

This book sucked

[@poo3922]

It was a beautiful and raw depiction of the Great Depression in my opinion.

[@simpleartists]

please narrate in tamil language

[@Asdfgfdmn]

Wow

[@poo3922]

Pronounce the names correctly please.