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Which of the following influences Steinbeck's purpose in writing The Grapes of Wrath?

A. The loss of his family's farm
B. The Great Depression
C. The San Francisco earthquake
D. World War II

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i think it’s b because the story evokes the harshness of the great depression and arouses sympathy for the struggles of migrant farm workers
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I think the answer is (B)
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