[FRIAM] John Steinbeck in the 21st century

[Jochen Fromm]

I recently stumbled upon John Steinbeck's classic novel "The Grapes of Wrath" and wonder if it is similar to the situation today. You will all know it since it is often read in High Schools, right? (I had to read Goethe in School. And "Animal Farm" plus "To kill a Mocking Bird" in the English class).As you know Steinbeck describes how migrants from Oklahoma called Okies look for a better life in California. They travel along the Route 66, which Steinbeck helped to make popular, passed Albuquerque and Santa Fe, and drove to the West until they arrived in California where the locals disliked and rejected them.https://www.nationalgeographic.org/news/grapes-wrathToday we have migrants from Cuba and Mexico looking for a better life in the US and refugees from Syria and Afghanistan who cause a lot of trouble in the EU. Many of these refugees and migrants live in camps, just like the ones Steinbeck visited. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2002/feb/02/johnsteinbeck.socialsciencesSteinbeck's novel takes place during the "Dust Bowl". Today the dry regions in the South suffer from droughts and wild fires caused by Climate Change worldwide. Everything sounds similar, as if history is repeating itself. https://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-dust-bowl-J.
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