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Old Dec 9, 2017 | 9:36 am
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Originally Posted by DenverBrian
Lesser-used to describe Kettles are to describe them as the Joads. I leave you to explore that reference.
I would not make this connection. If you read The Grapes of Wrath, you will see that the awareness and sophistication of the Joads, particularly that of Tom and its growth, over that of the entrenched political class, is one of the main points of the novel.
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