The Great Depression In the movie, The Grapes of Wrath, one of the biggest problems in the movie is the fact that the great depression is in its prime. The great depression is the main cause and the sound basis for the movie. When you think about it after watching the movie, all of the events in the movie happened because of the great depression. The only reason that all of these people were moving …showed first 75 words of 1185 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1185 total…together and help each other out. When Tom killed the cop who killed his friend Casey. And this may seem like a bad example but when Tom left his family at the end of the movie. This helped out the family because if he would have stayed, he would be putting their freedom and well being in jeopardy. I think the great depression was the cause for all of this and that is quite obvious.