Grapes of Wrath author?

Grapes of Wrath author?

• A. Steinbeck
• B. Fitzgerald
• C. Hemingway
• D. Lee

Answer: (A)

Identifying the author of The Grapes of Wrath. John Steinbeck wrote this landmark novel, published in 1939, about the Joad family and their journey from Oklahoma to California during the Dust Bowl. Steinbeck is known for his social realism and for shining a compassionate, detailed light on the struggles of poor, migrant workers during the Great Depression. This work is a quintessential example of his focus on ordinary people facing extraordinary hardship. The other authors listed are famous for different works—F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby, Ernest Hemingway wrote novels like The Old Man and the Sea and For Whom the Bell Tolls, and Harper Lee wrote To Kill a Mockingbird. None of them authored The Grapes of Wrath.

Identifying the author of The Grapes of Wrath.

John Steinbeck wrote this landmark novel, published in 1939, about the Joad family and their journey from Oklahoma to California during the Dust Bowl. Steinbeck is known for his social realism and for shining a compassionate, detailed light on the struggles of poor, migrant workers during the Great Depression. This work is a quintessential example of his focus on ordinary people facing extraordinary hardship.

The other authors listed are famous for different works—F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby, Ernest Hemingway wrote novels like The Old Man and the Sea and For Whom the Bell Tolls, and Harper Lee wrote To Kill a Mockingbird. None of them authored The Grapes of Wrath.