Hey everyone! I am excited that I got to be the 1st cousin to post! I just got finished reading a book called Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. John Steinbeck is an amazing author that has written alot of books, such as East of Eden, Of Mice and Men, Grapes of Wrath, The Red Pony, Travels With Charley, and others. The book is during the time of the Dust Bowl, and for those of you who dont know what that is, this link attached explains what it is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_Bowl.
The Joad family lives in Okahoma, and none of them have jobs, so they are forced to pack up and leave there house with barely enough money, and a tiny car. The Joad techinically consists of 12 people, but an old family friend tags along. They traveled to California to find work with picking peaches, and cotton, and peas. The book goes along, the Joad family going through lots of difficulties and trials. They go through death in there family, and there family splitting apart from lack of faith and hope. The Joads try to stick together, and earn money to feed there family, and keep a job. I would definetely rate this book a 5/5. I took alot of patience, but it was so worth it. I would highly reccommend this book to anyone in Middle School-High School and beyond. You wont regret reading this book.
2 comments:
Hooray, Karly! The first to post something! You have revived the blog!
I think that it's fabulous that you are such a big fan of Steinbeck. I'm sure that your dad had something to do with that. I read The Red Pony and The Pearl in elementary school if I'm remembering right. More recently I read Travels with Charlie (which I loved). Did you know that Steinbeck named his truck-camper after Don Quixote's horse, Rocinante? Pretty awesome, if you ask me. I must confess, however, that I have yet to read the works for which Steinbeck is best known--Grapes of Wrath, East of Eden, Of Mice and Men. Which one do you think I should read first and why?
I love Steinbeck! My senior year I was required to read East of Eden for my AP literature class and I absolutely loves it. It is a very long book, I was one of the few people in my class who actually read the entire thing rather than simply looking up the plot summary online. I definitely recommend that you read this book, Karly, you would like it. I hope to one day read Grapes of Wrath, I have heard marvelous things about it and I am very impressed that you have read it so early on Karly. Keep reading! :)
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