Grapes of Wrath
Across
- 1. – Recently released convict returning home to his family.
- 2. – Institution forcing families off their property.
- 6. – The state where the Joad family begins their journey.
- 7. – Strong matriarch of the Joad family.
- 8. – Fine, dry soil that fills the air during the drought.
- 9. – The Joad family’s enduring motivation despite hardship.
- 12. – Route used by migrants moving westward.
- 14. – Symbolic animal crossing the road that Tom encounters.
- 16. – Farmer who works land owned by another.
- 17. – Long period without rain that destroys crops.
Down
- 1. – Machine that replaces human labor on farms.
- 3. – The main family around whom the story centers.
- 4. – What Casy has lost and redefines through people.
- 5. – Former preacher who travels with Tom.
- 10. – Forced displacement from one’s home or land.
- 11. – Hardworking father trying to hold the family together.
- 13. – Constant struggle faced by displaced families.
- 15. – The family's most valued possession before being evicted.
- 16. – The family's means of traveling west.
- 18. – What the Joads must leave behind.