AcknowledgementsI am deeply grateful to Mr. Liu Zhigang, my tutor, to whom I owe a great deal of gratitude and appreciation. Mr. Liu gave me a lot of invaluable instructions and helped me much in every stage of my thesis writing. His patient help and timely encouragement are worthy of high acknowledgement.I would also like to offer my sincere gratitude to those teachers who spend their precious time in reading this thesis.Moreover, to thank all my friends, I could not have finished my paper without their help.Finally, I would also like to take this opportunity to thank my parents who give me confidence and enable me to do my own work freely.AbstractThe Grapes of Wrath was a modern American novel by John Steinbeck and mainly described the economic panic of 1930s in United States where a great number of farmers went bankrupt and fled from famine. The story depicted a thrilling picture of social struggle, in which several leading characters reflected a yearning for existence. In this story, people’s mutual independence and help, their vigorous and perseverant life and the connotation of human nature in benevolence and kindheartedness had highlighted the glory of humanitarian thoughts, thus sublimating the humanity.Key Words：economy; social struggle; desire for existence; human nature摘 要《愤怒的葡萄》是美国现代小说家约翰斯坦贝克的作品。它主要描写了美国三十年代经济恐慌期间大批农民破产，逃荒的故事，反映惊心动魄的社会斗争图景，在几个主要人物身上体现了一种对人生的生存欲望的向往，人类的相互依存和互助，生命的生生不息和坚忍不拔以及人类的善良和仁爱精神的人性内涵 ， 彰显人道主义思想的光辉，从而人性再次得到了升华。关键词：经济；社会斗争；生存欲望；人性Contents TOC \o "1-3" \h \z \u1. Introduction 12. An Analysis of Characters 22.1 Casy 22.2 Joad 32.3...
