The Grapes of Wrath: A Criticism of Capitalism

about The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Prompt: Is Steinbeck advocating communism w/ "Grapes"?
Thesis: John Steibeck severly criticizes capitalsim in his novel The Grapes of Wrath, but is not advocating communism.
John Steinbeck took a chance when he published The Grapes of Wrath in 1939. He wrote a clear criticism of capitalism at a time when the United States was experiencing the remnants of a 1920s "red scare". He begins the novel by showing the reader the sickness of capitalism, then reveals the greed of those men who support it. Steinbeck mainly criticizes the large landowners…