The Grapes of Wrath, written by John Steinbeck, is a story about a family’s epic Struggles of survival during the time of the depression. Tom, the eldest son of the Joad Family, finds himself in a unique when he must leave his home and head out to California with his family. As Tom and his family headed West on their journey, he found himself as the leader of the family after his grandpa had …showed first 75 words of 1286 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1286 total…when they needed him the most, but in the end, he did what was best for the family, he left them. He knew that if he had stayed, he would have only been a burden to them because the cops would have been looking for him. Besides, he knew that he would have put his family in danger if he had stayed. Bibliography Works Cited Steinbeck, John. The Grapes of Wrath. New York: Penguin Books. 1967