Grapes of Wrath

Henry is looking for material about the last depression. Jane has some suggestions.

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Jane: Margaret Bourke-White took some photos. And then there’s that Steinbeck novel.

Henry: Grapes?

Jane: Of Wrath. First chapter just three pages, describes the dust bowl of the late 1920s, when Oklahoma farmland became just dust, because of drought and no crop rotation.

Henry: Then it was made into a movie. Some powerful images in that.

Jane: Some powerful lines too. Like when the family is leaving the farm, house has been bulldozed down, they’re heading for California.  Al says to Ma “Ain’t you gonna look back, Ma?” And Ma says, “We’re goin’ to California, ain’t we? All right then let's go to California. Never had my house pushed over before. Never had my family stuck out on the road. Never had to lose everything I had in my life."

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