The Grapes of Wrath

This book had to be the most depressing, ironic book I've ever read. I felt like the depressing element of the book never stopped. It went all the way to the end. OK, so maybe everyone learned something in the book but the constant tragedies to get to the 'lessons learned' never ended. Motif is a great literary element in the book because of the ongoing struggles of the characters.
Tom Joad is the 'protagonist' of the book: the hero. When Tom kills the police officer as a retaliation for his friend being killed it shows that he is a very passionate person, even if his passion is convayed the wrong way in that part.
Tom Joad's sister, Rose of Sharon is a very self-centered person in the book, but by the end, when her husband, Connie, abandons her and her first child is born still-born, she realizes it's not all about her. I think that her journey in the book was the best because it shows how much someone can change and it's very relatable. Alot of us seem to not be grateful for what we have and just think about the negative, like Rose of Sharon.
Was anyone else confused about her name, like I was?
This book was so hard for me to read, compared to Huck Finn. It went very, very slow and was frankly, very depressing. I hope I wasn't the only one who had trouble reading this book.
The novel does show how we should not look at the negative all the time, and we can learn things from bad situations.
Not my favorite read, by far, but still a good lesson.