They should re-release it under a new title: “The Fruits of Socialism”.
The poorest American today would be a Rockefeller or Morgan back then. They have plentiful food, shelter, air conditioning & heating, wireless telephones, Internet, several cars, hundreds of television channels, MP3, video games, closets full of clothes and shoes, indoor plumbing with safe, clean drinking water, food refrigeration, interstate highways, free medical and dental care, free glasses & contacts, unemployment insurance, worker’s comp., welfare, Section 8, food stamps, WIC, Social Security, etc. etc. Pitts is out of his mind.
Never read the book but have seen the movie a couple of times. I thought it was pretty good but when I learned that Steinbeck was a Commie, I realized it was pretty blatant propaganda.
Steinbeck is nothing more than a documented liar. “Travels with Charlie” is a total fabrication.
Haven’t read Grapes of Wrath but i’ve seen the movie. I have read Tortilla Flat but haven’t seen the movie.
Truth be told the descendants of the Depression Era Central Valley Okies own big chunks of it now it now and are being water starved by the government.
Since the Joads were poor whites from Oklahoma, doesn’t that render the book “right wing populist” propaganda, which all “true liberals” are against?