The migration of the Joad family to California from their dust-bowl farm in Oklahoma during the Great Depression.

FDR appoints a Secretary of Amusement in order to cheer up the American public. But when greedy industrialists who are profiting from the Depression thwart his every move, the Secretary begins to lose hope. That is, until he learns that some of the performances he has organized, including one by little Shirley Dugan, are lifting the nation out of its misery.

Las Uvas de la Ira es un hito en la literatura morteamericana que explora el conflicto entre ricos y pobres, analiza la reacción feroz de un hombre contra la injusticia y el estoicismo de una mujer igualmente heróica, y refleja los horrores de la Gran Depresión. Aunque sigue la migración de miles de personas del Dust Bowl, Las Uvas de la Ira se enfoca en la historia de una familia de Oklahoma, los Joads, echados de su hogar y forzados a viajar...