Can someone help me please? What is the significance of the title The Grapes of Wrath? I think it has to do with the hardships that the Joads have to go through to survive in the migrant worker fields. Am I anywhere near right? Thank you in advance for your help.

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Can someone help me please?  What is the significance of the title The Grapes of Wrath?  I think it has to do with the hardships that the Joads have to go through to survive in the migrant worker fields.  Am I anywhere near right?  Thank you in advance for your help.

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GuruBlue · Answer

Its source is a lyric in "The Battle Hymn of the Republic": "He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored." It has to do with righteous anger.