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 is that men behave like women and women behave 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 in silence, reading their husband's expressions. Men make decisions and women take care of household chores. Men slaughter and hunt, while women prepare and cook. The novel provides understanding of women and men in 1930s America. Steinbeck writes: “The women knew everything was okay, and the children watching knew everything was okay. The women and children knew deep within themselves that no misfortune was too great to bear if their men were upright” (1.10). This quote details that as long as their men are great, their families are great too. Furthermore, women don't think. They keep the details of life going. Because women were not considered equal to a male so their thoughts were irrelevant. Men have the task of thinking and understanding things ...