In the novel The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, the role of gender and stereotype is present most of the time in this story. My thesis statement is: Men act like women and women act like men. The narrator of The Grapes of Wrath shows general portraits of life in a clear picture of the roles of men and women. The men consider the losses, while the women watch silently, reading their husbands' expressions. Men make the decisions and women take care of the household chores. Men slaughter and hunt, while women prepare and cook. The novel provides an understanding of women and men in 1930s America. Steinbeck writes: "The women knew everything was okay, and the children who watched over them knew everything was okay. The women and children knew deep within themselves that no misfortune was too great to bear if their men were whole” (1.10). This quote details that as long as their men are great, families are great. Besides, women don't think. They guard the details of life. Because women were not considered equal to men and therefore their thoughts were irrelevant. Men are responsible for thinking and understanding things ...