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Your thesis seems more like a summation of the chapter rather than a argument ot later be supported. True, the chapter is extermely short, the content in your thesis shows what could lead to a argument, but needs to be worded differetly. You state the loss of hope is what he is talking about, well what specifically does the author think has led to this loss: the economy, the governmets actions, or the falsity of the "American dream": or all three. This is exactly what you said "Steinbeck shows us that both the farmer and the United States were at a sense of loss on what to do in order to help themselves be able to surpass the miserable state that they were in and how during this “journey”, they had just about loss all the hope that they had had at the start." but it seemed more general, and like a summary not a argument be specific.