Talk:The Grapes of Wrath
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[edit] Joad vehicle
Two points, the article should have information about the vehicles. One detail in the book, that it has a 12v electrical system, seems erroneous. 6v systems were the norm of vehicles up to 1955, 30 years later. In 1956 the thunderbird, a luxury sports car made the change from 6 to 12v, its seems unlikely an old vehicle would have superior technology. can anyone speak to whether there was indeed 12v systems then? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.16.15.150 (talk • contribs) September 27, 2006
[edit] Links
We need an actual external link for the "California Pastoral" article to balance out the Keith Windschuttle "Myth of the Okies."
-NStearns
Actually that's not true, "Myth of the Okies." is full of useless facts that has little things to do with such article —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.86.99.33 (talk • contribs) September 25, 2005
This is the greatest american novel ever written. its very an interesting book to read/
[edit] Title
In the section on "Explanation of the novel's title," the sentence:
"The Grapes of Wrath", suggested by his wife, Carol, deemed more suitable than any of the names John himself could come up with.
...doesn't parse. It should be either "seemed" or "was deemed." I don't want to edit it because I'm not sure what the original writer intended. And, of course, if it's changed to "was deemed," that raises the question, was deemed by whom? By Steinbeck, or perhaps by his editor or publisher? —Preceding unsigned comment added by MylesCallum (talk • contribs) May 26, 2006
[edit] The Dreaded "In my opinion...."
In the plot summary the dreaded "In my opinion....." phrase comes up. I shall remove it, lol.
[edit] Bibliography
Considering the huge number of articles available on this book, the current bibliography is functionally useless - it only cites a few highly specific articles, some of them slipshod and inept. Suggest deletion, or else refer to the Library of Congress or UC Berkeley's Bancroft Library. 3Tigers09:40, 18 February 2007 (PST)
[edit] Contribution by Sanora Babb
I'm working on expanding the article on Sanora Babb, and Steinbeck borrowed the research for her own book about the Dust Bowl, Whose Names Are Unknown. She was born on Otie Indian land in Oklahoma, was raised on a "broomcorn" farm in Colorado and worked for the Farm Security Administration where she collected stories from the displaced farmers. The publication of her book in 1939 was canceled when The Grapes of Wrath became a best-seller, and remained in a drawer until 2004. According to her obituary, several critics preferred her novel.
Anyway, I believe her contribution should be acknowledged. K8 fan (talk) 17:35, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
[edit] Who banned it?
It's commonly said the book was banned, but who was it?
Local only? National?
Details please.
75.15.208.182 (talk) 02:10, 28 January 2012 (UTC)27 Jan 2012
