In this way, Steinbeck creates in The Grapes of Wrath not only a history of the westward journey of dispossessed families, but also a history of the education of the heart.

• 斯坦贝克创作了一部以乔德一家为代表的千百万丧失土地的农民的西迁史，它也是一部心灵教育史，阐释了大萧条时期这些移民从“我”到“我们”的阶级意识的转变。