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…showed last 75 words of 247 total…Okies to unite and support one another in their struggle to survive. After Steinbeck saw this unity he wondered why the rest of Americans could not be more like the Okies. He felt deeply influenced by the Okies and their strong will to survive. In the novel In Dubious Battle the workers in the California apple country influenced Steinbeck. The story shows how Nine hundred migratory workers "rise up in dubious battle" against the landowners.