Describe why The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck is considered the definitive novel of the depression era in America.

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As the exposés by Jacob Reis and The Jungle by Sinclair Lewis influenced the Imperial Age of America, so did The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck influence The Great Depression. The Grapes of Wrath is universally known as the definitive novel of the time. In it, Steinbeck depicts the epic struggle of the Midwest farmers facing The Dust Bowl. The Grapes of Wrath, written as an exposé of the conditions of the Midwest farmers, portrays the struggle of the Joad family not as a struggle against nature, but as a suffering caused by the greed of other men. Similar to the…