Change-Can+it+Happen?-Reflection

Our new president, Barack Obama, is in office now. But, as he was campaigning for election, he spoke about change and how he as our leader would change America, turning it in the right direction. Can change really happen? According to Steinbeck it can. In Grapes of Wrath, Steinbeck tells the story of the Joad family, and their struggles to find work, while staying together. Steinbeck ultimately shows his readers that change can happen once people start working together. Change will happen, but only if people can give up there selfish ways and learn to share with one another. I believe that change can happen too. Steinbeck has shown me the power of change, allowing me realize that today, there are people that are coming together to fight injustices in their world. This kind of action is what brings about change and this is the kind of action that needs to happen in America for major changes in government and in the everyday lives of Americans.