Grapes of Wrath 12 my opinion

I think that The Grapes of Wrath is a really good book. I usually do not say that for most books that I am forced to read, or even for most books that are this long. My rating for this book would be eight and a half out of ten. This book seems kind of boring, but I actually stayed entertained throughout the whole story. I think I liked it mostly because it seemed real. I could relate to the characters because I got to know them. In The Old Man and the Sea there was basically no substance to the story. There was an old man who went out to fish. The Grapes of Wrath follows an entire family as they actually do something. They try to make a better life for themselves, and the characters really progress through the story. This book also had a good ending. It was pretty gross, but I was satisfied with the ending. It ended showing that there are people who will do the right thing when someone is dying even if it is disgusting. The Old Man and the Sea had a pretty bad ending. Nothing particularly interesting happened, and it just ended. One of the only things I disliked about The Grapes of Wrath is that it was very long. My copy was four hundred fifty five pages long and the font is very small with little spacing. It took a long time to read through the whole story, and that makes it a little more difficult to remember what happened. I like that there are a lot of characters and all of their interactions appear very organic. They are also a hardworking family who has come to California to work. They are not looking for handouts. They want to earn their money, but they know what their work is worth. This is a book that I would recommend to others, and I think it should be required reading.

Steinbeck, John. The Grapes of Wrath. New York: Penguin, 2006. Print.