The Grapes Of Wrath: Summary

The year was 1942 and Addie’s husband had been at war for a year. She had no job, no husband to provide for her at the time. Her husband wasn’t dead, her husband was in the dreaded World War II. There wasn’t a second in her mind that she didn’t think of him, hope that he was okay. Addie lived in Grand Island Nebraska. She used to be a housewife, (which she never really liked) while her husband went to work. Addie never really liked the idea of the husband making all the money while the wife was basically a servant in a dress with a ring on their finger. Her husband always respected this. He was never one of those husbands you see on old tv shows and movies that treats his wife like a dog. Philip (her husband) was kind and always encouraged Addie to do her best. But whenever Addie tried to branch out, something would happen that would
They no longer work at the Plant. The plant reopened and they have not had an accident and show no signs of having another one. Some of their friends stayed there but most people never went back.
“How do you think things at the plant are going?” Mariah asks. “Pretty good Phylis says that…” the door rings in the middle of Addie’s sentence “hold on let me grab the door I’ll be right back.
When Addie answers the door, There is her husband standing there with nothing but the smile that Addie missed so much. Addie jumps in his arms and is more happy than ever. “They said you were missing I thought, everyone thought that you were dead” addie says. “ I know I was they found me a month ago and sent me home” Phillip says, “I am here to stay for good”.
So Addie and Philip were together again. They had a family and were one of the happiest ones in there town. But that wasn’t the only family in town, Mariah married a soldier from the war. They weren’t planning on having a family (yet). Addie and Mariah always stayed friends until they were old and buying dentures