Practice Essay #1

Hi guys. Here's your first essay. Time yourself - you have 1 hour.
Email your essay to me @ woodgoyak@gmail.com by the first day of school (that's Aug 16)

choose one:

1. Describe briefly the social and historical background in which The Grapes of Wrath was created. How did this affect the novel's public and critical reception? How has this reception changed as the historical events that shaped the novel have receded into the distant past?

2. Describe Tom's spiritual journey from inner, intuitive morality to an outward expression of morality that encompasses all of humanity.