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* FunetikAksent: To the point where Rosasharn's name is rendered as "Rose of Sharon" in dialogue.

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* FunetikAksent: To the point where Rosasharn's Rose of Sharon's name is rendered as "Rose of Sharon" "Rosasharn" in dialogue.
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* {{Bowdlerize}}: The film cuts out the book's ending, where Rose of Sharon's baby ends up stillborn and she ultimately breastfeeds a man dying of starvation, instead choosing to end the story with Tom's departure from his family and his promise to act as a force for social justice.

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* {{Bowdlerize}}: AdaptationalAlternateEnding: The film cuts out the book's ending, where Rose of Sharon's baby ends up stillborn and she ultimately breastfeeds a man dying of starvation, instead choosing to end the story with Tom's departure from his family and his promise to act as a force for social justice.
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* ForcedFromTheirHome: Many famlies in Oklahoma, including the Joads end up homeless after the bank forclosed on their house.

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* ForcedFromTheirHome: Many famlies families in Oklahoma, including the Joads end up homeless after the bank forclosed foreclosed on their house.
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* InherentInTheSystem: Chasing the tenants off their land is something nobody really wants, but yet it's done, because the financial system doesn't allow an alternative. As a bank executive puts it:

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* InherentInTheSystem: One of the main messages of the novel is that injustice and inequality are inherent in a capitalist society. Chasing the tenants off their land is something nobody really wants, but yet it's done, because the financial system doesn't allow an alternative. As a bank executive puts it:
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Rose of Sharon is her real name, as that is how it is spelled outside of dialogue. Her name is spelled "Rosasharn" when people say it because of their accent.


* AerithAndBob: The Joad family: Tom, Sr. (Pa), Uncle John, Tom, Al, Noah, Ruthie, Winfield... and Rosasharn, a name that's so rare that even most characters from the novel mistake it as "Rose of Sharon".

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* AerithAndBob: The Joad family: Tom, Sr. (Pa), Uncle John, Tom, Al, Noah, Ruthie, Winfield... and Rosasharn, a name that's so rare that even most characters from the novel mistake it as "Rose Rose of Sharon".Sharon.
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[[TheFilmOfTheBook Adapted into a film]] only a year after it was published. It was directed by Creator/JohnFord and starred Creator/HenryFonda, in what is considered to be among the finest works from both legends. Ford regular Creator/JohnCarradine also appeared in the film, while Jane Darwell earned the Best Supporting Actress UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for her performance as Ma Joad. The movie was considered to be ''the'' Great American Film before ''Film/CitizenKane'' was rediscovered in the late '50s. Steinbeck himself [[CreatorPreferredAdaptation considered it an improvement on his book]]. Also adapted into a play in 1988.

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[[TheFilmOfTheBook Adapted into a film]] only a year after it was published. It was directed by Creator/JohnFord and starred Creator/HenryFonda, in what is considered to be among the finest works from both legends. Ford regular Creator/JohnCarradine also appeared in the film, while Jane Darwell earned the Best Supporting Actress UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for her performance as Ma Joad. The movie was considered to be ''the'' Great American Film before ''Film/CitizenKane'' was rediscovered in the late '50s. Steinbeck himself [[CreatorPreferredAdaptation considered it an improvement on his book]]. Also adapted into a play in 1988. The Steppenwolf Theater's 1990 version starring Creator/GarySinise and Creator/LoisSmith was filmed and aired on [=PBS's=] ''Series/AmericanPlayhouse'' on March 22, 1991.
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* PluckyComicRelief: The irascible, foul-mouthed and senile Grampa Joad.
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Playing Gertrude is now a disambig


* PlayingGertrude: "Grandpa" Charley Grapewin was only seven years older than his "son" Frank Darien and eight years older than "son" Russell Simpson.

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Crosswicking Epiphora. Also removed an Adult Fear wick per TRS.


* AdultFear: All over the place. Losing your home, living in poverty, starving children, corrupt justice system, watching your friends get murdered, your son killed a man and has to go into hiding for it, your husband/kids leave the family without you knowing, problems with giving birth - just to name a few.


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* {{Epiphora}}: In this particular sentence:
--> ''The big sycamore by the creek '''was gone'''. The willow tangle '''was gone'''. The little enclave of untrodden bluegrass '''was gone'''. The clump of dogwood on the little rise across the creek-now that, too, '''was gone'''.''
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* FunetikAksent: To the point where Rose of Sharon's name is rendered as "Rosasharn" in dialogue.

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* FunetikAksent: To the point where Rose of Sharon's Rosasharn's name is rendered as "Rosasharn" "Rose of Sharon" in dialogue.

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