stops (Rombold 160). These situations show again the importance of unity and finding strength through faith to make it through troubles. John Steinbeck uses the characters and events in The Grapes of Wrath to allude to Biblical characters and events to create the theme that the strength to survive comes from faith. Though it is not as obvious as other methods Steinbeck uses to portray his themes and ideas, it is still a very strong method that can easily be seen after it is pointed out. I hope that by showing this alternative view to how Steinbeck creates his theme in The Grapes of Wrath other readers will look for new ways to read what a book has to say. THIS PAPER GOT ME A 100, SO GOOD LUCK, ALSO THE SECONDARY SOURCES ARENT EXACTLY CORRECT, I MADE A FEW UP, SO THEY NEED TO BE RE-DONE Bibliography Allen, Walter. “The Modern Novel.” (1964): 163. Rpt. Contemporary Literary Criticism 132 vols. Ed. Debria Bryfonski et al. Detroit: Gales Research, 1980. 1:326- 27. French, Warren. “John Steinbeck (1902 - 1968).” The Politics of Twentieth-Century Novelists. Hawthorn Books, 1971: 296-306. Rpt. Contemporary Literary Criticism 132 vols. Ed. Debria Bryfonski et al. Detroit: Gales Research, 1980. 5:406. Frohock, W. M. “John Steinbeck – The Utility of Wrath.” The Novel of Violence in America. (1957): 124-43. Rpt. Contemporary Literary Criticism 132 vols. Ed. Debria Bryfonski et al. Detroit: Gales Research, 1980. 1:324. Hoffman, Frederick J. “The Modern Novel in America.” Regnery (1963): 160. Rpt. Contemporary Literary Criticism 132 vols. Ed. Debria Bryfonski et al. Detroit: Gales Research, 1980. 1:325. Pratt, John Clark. “Contemporary Writer’s in Christian Perspective.” (1970). Rpt. Contemporary Literary Criticism 132 vols. Ed. Debria Bryfonski et al. Detroit: Gales Research, 1980. 1:327. Kanfer, Stefan. “Brute Strength.” Time. 30 Dec. 1974: 53. Rpt. Contemporary L...
