From The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck. Published in 1939.
Introduction
The 5 Layers of The Grapes of Wrath
- A Family's struggle for survival in the Promised Land
- A people's struggle, the migrants'.
- A Nation, America.
- The allusions to Christ and the Israelites and Exodus, it becomes a
story of mankinds quest for profound comprehension of his commitment to his
fellow man and to the earth he inhabits.
- The elusive and unacknowledged 5th layer is Steinbeck's creative and
interior level of engagement. His act of writing was a way of
fulfilling his dream of finding a home in the architectural spaces created
by his imagination.