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John Steinbeck – The Harvest Gypsies. October, 1936. John Steinbeck – The Harvest Gypsies. John Steinbeck – The Harvest Gypsies. What are the main differences between the families that Steinbeck describes in the article? How do people go from being one type of family to another?
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John Steinbeck – The Harvest Gypsies October, 1936
John Steinbeck – The Harvest Gypsies • What are the main differences between the families that Steinbeck describes in the article? • How do people go from being one type of family to another? • What makes it difficult for someone who lives in the camp to improve their condition? • How do outsiders view the people in the camp? What evidence exists in the text to support you answer? • What do you think is Steinbeck’s opinion of the people in the Squatter’s Camps? What evidence exists to support your answer? • The Harvest Gypsies constituted much of Steinbeck’s research for his novel, The Grapes of Wrath. How would this effect the value of the novel for use as historical evidence?