[OldNavyVet]

What impressed the Polish students was how the downtrodden Americans, when they lost their farm, loaded their belongings into THEIR OWN AUTOMOBILES and set out for California, WITHOUT HAVING TO ASK ANYONE’s PERMISSION.

Bravo!!!

Your Polish friend captured well the human essence contained in John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath

[Borges]

I think someone mentioned it in this thread but the film was banned by Stalin because it showed that even the poorest American can afford cars.