The Efforts of Eradicating Poverty as Reflected in Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath

Abstract

The researchers aimed to describe the efforts of eradicating poverty as reflected in Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. This research is combined some supporting theory to explain the concept of poverty clearly. Moreover, the researcher analyzed the portrait of poverty and the solutions through the novel by using Goldmann's genetic structuralism approach. The qualitative method is using by the researcher in order to collect and to analyze the data. The results of this research show the portrait of poverty causing by several conditions. Furthermore, in eradicating poverty through the novel, there are some efforts done by the characters and the governments which is new deal program.