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The Grapes of Wrath takes place during America's Great Depression, which lasted from the Stock Market Crash of October 1929 until World War II began 12 years later.
During this time, a long period of drought and high winds affected large parts of the American Midwest, including much of the state of Oklahoma, creating what was called the Dust Bowl.
Many of the people in the lower Midwest moved elsewhere, hoping to find fertile land on which to make a living.
Tom Joad is the protagonist, or main character, of The Grapes of Wrath.
Tom is the book's hero as well despite the fact that Tom attacks a policeman at one point in the novel and beats a man at another point, becoming a cave-dwelling fugitive as a result.
Tom's actions, although illegal according to the letter of the law, are morally just.
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