The Peasants' Union, owned by the state's wealthy, declares that Grapes of Wrath is nothing but a mass of fabricated lies and burns them in public squares. "The dignity of everyone here has been squandered, their souls have been turned into clouds of muffled anger, many have lost their children because they have no food to be able to breastfeed their children," writes author John Steinbeck.
"I want to attach shame and scandal to those greedy people in charge. about that."