Since the beginning of time humans have been tied to the land for sustenance, even if it’s less obvious in modern times. The land and environment seems to have less to do with the availability of food today however, if growing becomes difficult at the source of the crop the millions of place the food is distributed to will suffer. We depend on the land whether we know it or not. When the land is unhealthy, we starve. When the land thrives, we do as well. In the 1930’s the dust bowl with its dry and unforgiving conditions had a drastic impact on the U.S. as a whole as we struggled against an unhappy environment. The Grapes of Wrath follows a family as the dust bowl changes their lives forever. The Joad family, like many others at the time, finds