Exodus to the Promised Land
..., but was, in fact, their hell. There are many parallels in the The Grapes of Wrath and the journey that the Joad’s take, but the most striking is the fact that it parallels to the journey of Moses and the Hebrews in the book of Exodus. The Joads, like Moses and his people, were being persecuted by those who are more powerful and decided to abandon their homes in search of a better life. Their journey across the United States during the Dust Bowl parallels to the journey of the Hebrews across the desert. The Joads ending up in California but living in misery is a direct parallel to thaa of the 40 years of misery in the desert that the Hebrews faced. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck and Jim both get what they desire, quite the contrary to the Joad family. Jim receives his freedom and Huck ends up living a good life with the widow, while having “adventures” with his best friend Tom. Unlike the Joad’s, who found many people in the same situation as them, Huck and Jim were on the river fending for their own lives. Many people, such as the Duke and the King, tried to stop them from reaching their destinations in order to fulfill their own desires; however, this isn’t too different from the Joads, where policemen and Californians tried with all their might to prevent this “Okie Exodus” from occurring. Both Twain and Steinbeck use the jo...