A CLASSIC OF SOCIAL JUSTICE

The Power Of ‘The Grapes Of Wrath’

Yes, it’s sentimental, but it’s also a searing indictment of bankers and others who prey on the poor

Henry Fonda in a still from “The Grapes of Wrath” / Public domain via Wikimedia Commons

The Grapes of Wrath has suffered the unlucky fate of many novels widely assigned in American schools. Adults sent on forced marches through books as adolescents tend…