ess enter their lives when trying to live through the Great Depression, but it is hard to say if the Joad's had life as tough as most. However, Henry Moore states that the shining examples of good symbolism and truth in The Grapes of Wrath come in the interchapters, such as the turtle and the tractor tales. The problem, as he states it, is that "the contrapuntal chapters about the Joad family don't always have the continuous strength to carry them" (Moore, 6). Basically, Dr Moore is saying that if Steinbeck really wanted to use symbolism in this story to explain the trials and tribulations of the migrants, he should have kept the story more realistic and down-to-earth in its approach of the topic.Overall, however, The Grapes of Wrath did appeal to the midwestern migrants. Steinbeck managed to explain the significance of the many events of the Depression era through his use of symbolism. By using characters, nature and events as his vessels, Steinbeck keeps the reader interested while conveying his own thoughts and beliefs. He won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1962, while The Grapes of Wrath won the Pulitzer Prize in 1939. Looks like he was at least on the right track....
