THE GRAPES OF WRATH-Film Review-FROM A CRITICAL POINT OF VIEW OF FILM TRIBUNE People today realize that individualism in our time, of the Great Depression, it does not work. The stock market is crashing; people are losing their jobs, money and homes. The best known people suffering in these difficult times are the Okies. The Okies hail from Oklahoma, the main site of the Dust Bowl. Okies continue to flock to the promised land, California. Their motivation is to find work and better living conditions. These independent-minded individuals are struggling to take care of themselves during these hardships, hoping that with the government's help, things will improve. The perfect examples of individualism as opposed to community can be found in John Stinebeck's novel "The Grapes of Wrath" and the new film presented by John Ford. While the basic stories address the same issues, they are also different. In the film, Ford's main character, Tom Joad, played by Henry Fonda, is a man just released from prison who finds his previous lifestyle as a simple farmer, shattered by depression, natural geological disaster and economic changes . His views on life are manipulated by the previous society. Tom meets a former preacher in his hometown camp. The preacher, Casey, has lost his job, his hope, and his faith. Another character is Muley Graves, who was stubborn about staying in his lost land instead of moving west with his family. Muley informs Tom and Casey of the Joad family's eviction and their stay on Uncle John's farm, which will also soon be taken over. Since the Joad family is forced to abandon their land and has lost all their possessions, they begin to head west. After the Joads arrive in California, they encounter several camps. Each camp differs from one another based on living conditions; Government camps provide a much healthier and more comfortable existence than non-government funded camps. The Joad family serves as an example to many other migrant families who are pushed off their Dust Bowl farmlands and are forced to move west, seeking better job opportunities. While struggling under the stress of hardship, all these families try to maintain unity among their family members and overcome the oppression of large landowners. Even though some have lost hope, others continue the fight against the Great Depression that keeps them going. In "The Grapes of Wrath", the actors' realistic demonstration of the living conditions of our financial crisis is impressive.