desiderata over others in his novel The Grapes of Wrath. Matt Ridley, the author of The Rational Optimist, is a vigorous believer and preacher that many minds are much more efficient than one mind alone and that teamwork is the only way a society can prosper. Both of these author's conceptions demonstrates a society where the balance of selfishness and munificent is the equilibrium of corporation. In chapter five of Steinbeck's novel, The Grapes of Wrath,
“The Grapes of Wrath” is widely regarded as the best piece of American literature. The book is so famous because of its switch from third to first person and its shocking recount of the Great Depression. For the most part, the book follows Tom Joad and his development as a character. Over the course of the book, Tom develops from an inconsiderate and boorish person to an unselfish and noble one. In chapter two, Steinbeck portrays Tom as self-centered and rude. In chapter two, a truck driver gives