Joad family

E59168
fictional family literary character group

The Joad family is the central Dust Bowl-era migrant family in John Steinbeck’s novel "The Grapes of Wrath," whose journey from Oklahoma to California embodies the struggles of poverty, displacement, and resilience during the Great Depression.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Joad family canonical 13
Joad 1
Joad children 1

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional family ⓘ
literary character group ⓘ
appearsIn The Grapes of Wrath ⓘ
associatedWithAuthor John Steinbeck ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Dust Bowl ⓘ
westward migration ⓘ
centralThemeOf displacement ⓘ
family solidarity ⓘ
poverty ⓘ
resilience ⓘ
social injustice ⓘ
createdBy John Steinbeck ⓘ
culturalSignificance symbol of American working-class struggle ⓘ
depicts Dust Bowl migrants ⓘ
featuredInAdaptation The Grapes of Wrath ⓘ
surface form: The Grapes of Wrath (1940 film)

The Grapes of Wrath ⓘ
surface form: The Grapes of Wrath (stage adaptations)
firstAppearance The Grapes of Wrath ⓘ
hasSurname Joad ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
literaryPeriod 20th-century American literature ⓘ
member Al Joad ⓘ
Grampa Joad ⓘ
Granma Joad ⓘ
Ma Joad ⓘ
Noah Joad ⓘ
Pa Joad ⓘ
Rose of Sharon Joad ⓘ
Ruthie Joad ⓘ
Tom Joad ⓘ
Winfield Joad ⓘ
migratesTo California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California
nationalityInFiction American ⓘ
originatesFrom Oklahoma ⓘ
portrays economic hardship ⓘ
labor exploitation ⓘ
loss of land ⓘ
search for dignity ⓘ
publicationYearOfFirstAppearance 1939 ⓘ
represents American migrant workers ⓘ
tenant farmers ⓘ
setDuring Great Depression ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Grapes of Wrath → followsFamily → Joad family ⓘ
Ma Joad → familyName → Joad family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Joad
Ma Joad → memberOf → Joad family ⓘ
Jim Casy → influences → Joad family ⓘ
this entity surface form: the Joad family
Pa Joad → memberOf → Joad family ⓘ
Rose of Sharon Joad → memberOf → Joad family ⓘ
Rose of Sharon → associatedWith → Joad family ⓘ
Noah Joad → isMemberOf → Joad family ⓘ
Al Joad → isMemberOf → Joad family ⓘ
Ruthie Joad → memberOf → Joad family ⓘ
Ruthie Joad → partOf → Joad family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Joad children
Granma Joad → memberOf → Joad family ⓘ
Connie Rivers → memberOf → Joad family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Joad family by marriage
Oklahoma (fictional setting) → associatedWithFictionalGroup → Joad family ⓘ
Oklahoma (fictional setting) → startingPointOfJourneyFor → Joad family ⓘ
Winfield Joad → memberOf → Joad family ⓘ
Grampa Joad → memberOf → Joad family ⓘ