Grapes of Wrath

Krystal Giffen The Grapes of Wrath Part 1 Literary Analysis 1. A. Whats this c each, this sperit? An I says, Its love (page 23, Chapter 4). This quote is an instance of an metaphor. The use of this metaphor was to show the reader why the pr for each iodiner doesnt preach both more than. The effect the metaphor had on the reader was, for them to befool how the sermonizer genuinely viewed the sperit. B. One be sick requires and shoves ten families go forth. Cats on the whole over hell now (pg. 8, Chapter 2). This quote is an example of symbolism. The truck driver uses the animal cat to describe the batch who tractor out croppers from their crops and homes.The effect of using a cat to describe someone was negative. The cat description made the reader view the somebody who tractors out croppers as evil, cunning and thoughtless. C. The Bank -or the Company-needs-wants-insists-must have -as though the Bank or the Company were a monster, with thought and feeling which had ensn ared them. (pg. 31, Chapter 5). This quote is an example of an heroical simile. The use of his simile is to show the reader that the Bank or Company that takes the trim acts as a monster, being mean and c one-time(a). D. stand you live without the w funnyow tree tree? Well, no, you poopt.The willow tree is you. The p personal of that mattress t present that dreadful pain thats you. (pg. 89, Chapter 9). This quote is an example of a metaphor. The use of this metaphor is to plug into all of the families belongings to them, that the belongings are indeed part of them. The effect of this metaphor is to show the reader how much the families belongings actually meant to them. E. Damn it, he said, a pick is a nice besidesl (umph), if you don fight it (umph). You an the pick (umph) workin together (umph) (pg. 298, Chapter 22). This quote is an example of Epizeuxis.The use and effect of this epizeuxis is to show speech pattern on how heavy the pick was and how hard it was to wor k back hence. The epizeuxis avails the reader image gobbler on the job(p) in the hot sun with the heavy pick, working for just twenty-five cents an hour. 2. A. You know the fine-tune is poor. Youve scrabbled at it long enough, God knows. The squat seatg tenant hands nodded and wondered and drew figures in the clay, and yes, they knew, God knows The owner men went on come abouting to their point You know the lands acquire poorer If they could lone(prenominal) rotate the crops they exponent pump blood back into the land.Well, its too late A man provoke hold land if he can just eat and pay taxes he can do that. Yes, he can do that until his crops fail one day and he has to borrow money from the bank a bank or a company cant do that, because those creatures dont breathe air, dont eat side-meat. They breather profits they eat the interest on money Cant we just hang on? Maybe the adjoining year will be a good year. God knows how much cotton next year Next year, maybe We can t depend on it. The bank-the monster has to have profits all the sequence. It cant wait. It die.No, taxes go on The tenant system wont work any longer Youll have to get off the land. The plowll go through the dooryard (pg. 33, Chapter 5). The significance of this passage is that it shows how the Banks would take the land from the croppers and how the croppers were crushed. This passage relates to the work as a intact because it shows the reader how the migration to the west started, how hundreds of families would get evicted from their land and forced to move elsewhere. B. Whos in here? Ma asked. What is it you want, mister? What you thinlyk I want?I want to know whos in here. Why, theys jus us three in here. Ma an Granma an my girl. Wheres your men? Why they went depressed to clean up. We was drivin all night. Whered you come from? Right near Sallisaw, okey. Well, you cant stay here. We aim to get out tonight an cross the desert, mister. Well you better. If youre he re tomorra this time Ill run you in. We dont want none of you settlin down here. Mister, she said, you got a tin exceptton an a gun. Where I come from, you keep your voice down. She advanced on him with the skillet.He loosened the gun in the holster. Go ahead, said Ma. S gondola carin women/ Im thankful the men folks aint here. Theyd tear ya to pieces. In my country you watch your tongue. The man took two steps backward. Well, you aint in your country now. Youre in atomic number 20, an we dont want you goddamn Okies settlin down. Yeah, Okies An if youre here when I come tomorra, Ill run ya in (pg. 215, Chapter 18). The significance of this passage is it shows how life traded so much at once the Joads moved west, they were in someone elses territory now.This passage shows how the Joads would have to change the counsel they acted since they moved to calcium. This passage relates to the work as a hale because it shows the reader how difficult and cruel it was to move to the West back during the dust bowl. People werent treated equally because of were they came from and how poor they were. C. They had no more the stomach-tearing lust for the rich acre and a shining blade to plow it, for seed and a windmill licking its wings in the air. They arose in the dark no more to hear the sleepy birds first chittering, and the morning wind dear acres.These things were lost, nd crops were rechoned in dollars, and land was valued by principal plus interest, and crops were bought and sold onwards they were planted. Then crop failure, drought, and flood were no longer petty deaths within life, but uncomplicated losses of money. And all their love was thinned with money, and all their fierceness dribbled a expression in interest until they were no longer farmers at all, but teensy shopkeepers of crops, little manu occurrenceurers who must sell sooner they can make. Then those farmers who were non good shopkeepers lost their land to good shopkeepers.No matter ho w cl incessantly, how loving a man might be with demesne and growing things, he could non survive if he were not also a good shopkeeper. And as time went on, the business men had the farms, and the farms grew larger, but at that place were someer of them (pg. 231-232, Chapter 19). The significance of this passage is it shows the reader how the land employ to be owned by people, farmers, who loved the land and cared for the land but it turned into a business over the years. Farming wasnt about the feel or love any longer, it was all about money.This passage relates to the work as a whole because the whole book is about how money can affect people, how ownership can turn into something terrible and turn people against each some other. D. She sat down and opened the turning point. Inside were letters, clippings, photographs, a pair of earrings a little gold signet ring and a watch chain braided of cop and tipped with gold swivels For a long time she held the box, looking over i t, and her fingers disturbed the letters and whence lined them up again And at delay she made up her mind She took a letter from an envelope and dropped the trinkets in the envelope.She folded the envelope and shake off it in her dress pocket She lifted the stove chapeau and laid the box gently among the coals. Quickly the heat browned the paper She replaced the stove lid and instantly the fire sighed up and breather over the box (pg. 108, Chapter 10). The significance of this passage is it shows the reader how its so hard for the Joads to just give up all their belongings and give. This relates to the apologue as a whole because it shows how during the dust bowl you had to give up a lot if you wanted to survive. E. I know, Ma. Im a-tryin.But them deputies- Did you ever see a deputy that didn have a fat ass? An they waggle their ass an flop their gun aroun. Ma, he said, if it was the law they was workin with, why, we could take it. But it aint the law. Theyre a-workin a trend at our spirits. Theyre a-tryin to make us cringe an crawl a standardized a whipped bitch. They tryin to break us. Why, Jesus Christ, Ma, they comes a time when the ony way a fella can keep his decency is by takin a sock at a cop. Theyre workin on our decency (pg. 278-279, Chapter 20). The significance of this passage is it shows how even the law was corrupt do to greediness.The deputies were corrupt so they could eat, feed their family and feel powerful. This passage relates to the work as a whole because it shows how people change once hunger and stable keep comes into play. The people who have nothing are honest and look out for each other while people who have something do e verything in their power to keep it, even if that means pervert whats right. Part 2 Plot, Setting, Themes and Vocabulary 3. tom turkey Joad- A young man, the favorite child of the Joad family. Tom went to jail for killing a man at a bar fight, but he got put on parole after 4 years in prison for his good r ecord.He doesnt regret what he did, he even says hed do it again if he had to. Tom is the one who guides his family throughout the book, acting as the protector of the family. 4. Toms purpose in the story was to lead the Joad family to atomic number 20 and to make sure he could do everything in his well-being to make living possible for him and his family. Tom is a dynamic character, he changes when there are different people around. He knows when he needs to keeps pushing or when he needs to layover. 5. Tom is related to the majority of the other characters.Toms descent with Casy is that they met when Tom was searching for his family, and they helped each other out because they knew what each other was going through. Tom and Floyd are very similar in that they want they analogous thing, they want to do good for their family. Tom was the once who suggested that Ivy and Sairy Wilson travel with the Joads. Muley Graves- A former neighbor of the Joads. Helped Tom fancy his family when he first got out of jail. Muley got evicted from his house just like the Joads but he couldt leave the land, his family left-hand(a)field him for California. 4.Muleys function in the story was to help Tom find his family when he got out of jail and went back home. Muley was a noneffervescent character who just showed his anger towards the bankers and Willy. 5. Muley was the Joads neighbor back in Oklahoma, and used to go to church where Casy was the sermonizer. Ma Joad- Ma Joad is the mother of the Joad family, shes the one who is trying to keep the family together throughout the whole book. She takes on all her motherly duties without the eye blink of an eye. She is tough and wont get pushed around easily but doesnt know when not to speak up when she is getting pushed around. . Mas purpose in the story was to hold the family together and be strong when no one else could. She helped the family stay together though all the tough times. Ma was a dynamic character who change s a lot throughout the story. She was very quiet at the being of the story but once the story progressed she got more vocal and outspoken. 5. Ma is the mother of all the Joad family. She used to bring the Joads to the church that Casy used to preach at. The Wilsons helped Ma out by overlap the food they had with the whole Joad family.Pa Joad- The tenant farmer who got evicted from his farm, the commence of the Joad family and married to Ma Joad. Once he got evicted he focused on getting the family to California. Once they got to California Pa wasnt able to find work and became weaker than Ma and became desperate. 4. Pas purpose was to help the family get to California and find work once they got there. Since Pa didnt find work, he helped Ma out. Pa is a static character who doesnt change much during the book. 5. Pa is the father of the Joad father and went to the church that Cast used to preacher at.Pa helped any way he could with the Wilsons car when it was broken-down. Jim Casy- Jim was a former preacher until he gave it up because he got to thinking that the sperit he gestated in so much was just love, and the other spirit wasnt in him anymore. He goes along with the Joad family to California but before he could find a job he got arrested to protect Tom during a fight mingled with laborers and a deputy from the California police. During the trip to California he helps the Joad family out a lot by praying for both Granma and Granpa Joad when they passed. 4.Casys purpose in the story was to the Joad family by praying when it needed to be done like at Granma and Granpa Joads deaths. Casy was a dynamic character because at the beginning of the story he was alone because he didnt want to preach anymore but as the story moved on he preached when he had to and he also saved Tom and Floyd by giving himself in. 5. Jim Casy used to the preacher that the Joad family used to go to, he baptized Tom when he was younger. Casy helped Floyd out by giving himself up inst ead of letting Tom and Floyd take the blame. Casy was the preacher of Muleys family too.Noah Joad- The first born of the Joad family. He was deformed at birth because Pa panicked during the delivery and tried to pull him out. He felt that he wasnt as loved as the other Joad children so he left the family at a stream near the California border, saying he was better off there. 4. Noahs purpose in the story was to help the family get to California. Noah could be both a dynamic or a static character because throughout the whole story he didnt change much but at the river he took a bold step and left the family. 5. Noah was the oldest son of the Joad family, who used to go see Casy preach.Noah never met Floyd and Muley used to be his neighbor. rosebush of Sharon (Rosasharn)- the oldest daughter in the Joad family who is married to Connie. She voyages to California with Connie and the Joad family while being pregnant. The bring together imagines how life will be once they get to Califo rnia but once reality hits Connie abandons her during their first stop in California, and her baby is born dead. 4. pink wine of Sharons purpose in the book was to be strong when so many bad things happen in life all at once. Rose of Sharon showed how you had to be mature and strong even though live was tough.Rose of Sharon was a dynamic character because at first she was love struck but then she started acting immature and babyish. But by the end of the book she matured and was a strong woman. 5. Rose of Sharon was the oldest daughter in the Joad family. She used to be preached by Jim Casy and was married the Connie. Ivy and Sairy Wilson were friends while they traveled together. Connie- He is Rose of Sharons husband who has unrealistic dreams with his wife. He dreams too much and soon abandons Rose of Sharon to go study tractors and to hopefully get paid 3 dollars and hour. His leaving surprises only Rose of Sharon. . Connies purpose in the story was to leave the Joad family to s how how stress, falling off and money can really move some people. Connie was also a dynamic character because he was in love with Rose of Sharon for the whole story until they got to California and reality hit that getting a job was harder than they both thought. Connie left the Joad family in hopes that he would be able to make 3 dollars a day back in Oklahoma. 5. Connie was married to Rose of Sharon making him a brother in-law and son in-law of the Joad family. Casy was just an acquaintance of Connie. Connie never met Muley or Floyd.Granma Joad- Granma loved having Casy around because she was a Christian. She too loved to torment Granpa Joad just like he did her. Once Granpa died she started to slowly die herself, she dies right after the Joad family reaches California. 4. Granmas purpose in the story was to show even though she was dying the family never left her behind because she was family. Granma was static character because while Granpa was alive all they did was rise hell with each other but once he didnt she got sick and didnt talk or do much. 5. Granma Joad was the mother of Pa and the Granma of the Joad children.She loved Casy because she was a devoted Christian and he was a preacher. Granma Joad appreciated the help of the Wilsons during Granpas death. Granma never met Floyd. Granpa Joad- He was the one who ran the Indians off of the land to make the Joad farm possible, is now old and feeble. He loves to torment his wife and family. He is connected to the land and didnt want to leave it for California, but Tom drugged him to get him to come. On their first stop along the locomote Granpa dies of a stroke, most likely a heat stroke. 4. Granpas purpose in the story was to show his love for the land was stronger that anything else.Once he left the land he got sick and died. Granpa was a dynamic character because during the whole story he would just rise hell for the whole family but then once he was about to die he broke down and started crying. 5. Granpa Joad was the father of Pa and the Granpa of the Joad children. Granpa like Casy because he would pray for his wife. Granpa Joad never really met the Wilsons but they helped him out tremendously by giving him a live to die in. Granpa never met Floyd and was the neighbor of Muley. Al Joad- 16-year old son of the Joad family. His main interest is in girls and cars.He was responsible for the whole family on the long voyage to California because the car was his responsibility. If something happened to the car it would have been his fault, resulting in the suffering of his family. He looks up to Tom throughout the book, but soon becomes his own man. He falls in love with Agnes Wainwright while working and stays with her instead of leaving with his family. 4. Als purpose in the story was to help keep the car running on their journey to California. Al made sure the car kept running all the way to California and made sure it never broke down.Al was a dynamic character because he was some what immature at the beginning of the story but he ended up acting very mature by the end of the story. He was idolized Tom, but soon grew up to be his own man. 5. Al was the middle son of the Joad family. He helped Floyd fix his car before they had to flee the Hooverville. Al helped the Wilsons by fixing their car too. Casy made sure Al wasnt around when he got arrested so their wouldnt be any connection to Tom. Ivy and Sairy Wilson- The Joads met the Wilsons on their first night stop on their journey to California.Both of the Wilsons were afters and nice, they lent their tent to the Joads so that Granpa Joad would have a comfortable place to die. To return the favor Al and Tom fixed their broken-down car, and then they two families decided to travel to California together. During the journey their car break down again and Al and Tom fix it again but before they can move on the Wilsons said they couldnt move on because of Sairys health. 4. The Wilsons purpose in the story wa s to help the Joad family by sharing their food and their car with them. The Wilsons showed the reader that even during these tough times people could s gutter be nice.The Wilsons were static characters always being helpful but knew because of Sairys health they would eventually have to stop. 5. The Wilsons relationship with the Joad family was they helped each other out, they were friends. The Wilsons liked Casy because before the Joads left the Wilsons Casy prayed for Sairy even though he didnt want to. The Wilsons never met Muley or Floyd. Uncle John- Pas brother who is crazy, stringy and mean. John is fill with guilt and shame because years ago he didnt get a doctor for his 4 month pregnant wife who complained of stomach stress and died the day after from a ruptured appendix.He blames himself for her death and because of it his loneliness cuts him off from people and his appetite. 4. Uncle Johns purpose in the story was to help out in any way he could but to also show selfishn ess when he got depressed. Uncle John was a static character because throughout the whole story he just felt guilty and ashamed of what he did so long ago. 5. Uncle John was Pas brother and the Uncle of the Joad family. He talked to Casy about his sins a few times and appreciated the advice of Casy. Uncle John was the neighbor of Muley and never really met Floyd.Ruthie Joad- The sencond and youngest Joad daughter who has closely a twin-like relationship with her younger brother Winfield. During the book they do almost everything together, they feed off of each others energy. 4. Ruthies purpose in the story was to help out Ma in any way she could and some what look after Winfield whenever they were together. Ruthie was a dynamic character because at the beginning of the story she acted fearless but during the story we found out she was only fearless with Winfield by her side. She also acted immaturely and didnt think things through before she spoke. 5.Ruthie was the youngest daughte r of the Joad family and used to be preacher by Casy. The Wilsons were companions of hers, Muley was her old neighbor and she never really met Floyd. Winfield Joad- He is the youngest Joad at the age of ten. He does everything with Ruthie. 4. Winfields purpose was to help Ma out in any way he could. Winfield was the youngest child in the story and had to grow up during these tough times making it hard to act like normal ten year-old. Winfield was a static character because he was just a child throughout the whole story. 5. Winfield was the youngest child of the Joad family.He traveled with the Wilsons and Casy but never talked out associated with them much. Muley used to be Winfields neighbor and he never really met Floyd. Floyd Knowles- A migrant worker who Tom meets at the first Hooverville. He gives Tom excogitate on a job up north. His outspokenness gets him into an argument with a deputy where Casy gets arrested for him and Toms sake. 4. Floyds purpose in the book was to help the Joads find work and to work with Tom in making labor unions. Floyd was a dynamic character because he seemed go know when to stop talked when he first got introduced but once the deputy came into the story he was outspoken. . Floyd helped the Joad family out by giving them word on work up north. Casy gave himself in for Floyd and Tom. Floyd never met the Wilsons or Muley. Part 3 Plot, Setting, Themes and Vocabulary 6. The central settings of the story were in Oklahoma and California. The significance of Oklahoma was that was where the whole story started. Oklahoma was were the Joad family grew up but they got evicted from their house. Oklahoma got changed while they were living there. Granpa Joad stole the land and then the land got stolen from him but the Bank Company.Oklahoma was not there home anymore so they moved on to California. California was described as pretty land with plenty of jobs available. But once they reached California they learned that the land was beautiful but the people who owned it were not. California was dirty land because of the people who ran it. California wasnt what the Joads expected and they wanted to change that, and Tom eventually did. 7. The exposition of Grapes of Wrath is Tom gets paroled out of jail and goes to find his family. He finds out both his family and his Uncle got evicted from their homes so they travel to California for work.The main conflict throughout the whole book is the drought of the Dust Bowl, which results in hundreds of families getting evicted from their homes and being forced to move west. The Joad family was one of those hundreds of families who had to move. The rising action in the story is the journey of the Joad family to California. Once in California the Joad family has a hard time finding work, and at the first Hooverville get into an argument with a local deputy, resulting in Casy getting arrested. The family lives at a government camp for a while but then move on to find work.One night t here was a scoop out at an orchard and Tom finds Casy there. Casy gets murdered by one of the policeman that was trying to stop the strike. In response, Tom kills the policeman in spite, which is the climax of the story. Tom becomes an outlaw and has to hide from the world to protect his family. In the end Tom ends up running, leaving the rest of his family to escape and be free, which is the resolution of the story. 8. The major themes presented in the work are Bad treatment of the migrant workers, also known as the Okies the survival of Kinship and Growth and Maturity.Bad treatment of the migrant workers in one of the major themes in the Grapes of Wrath because all of the Okies looking for work would be minisculeer wages and would have to live in Hoovervilles. The workers barely made it by because of how badly they were being treated and paid but the California police and land owners. An example of this would be how the first deputy treated Floyd and Tom because they were outspo ken. The Survival of Kinship is also another major theme in the Grapes of Wrath because Ma tries to keep the family together no matter what. During the Dust Bowl all you could count on was your family, no one else.Family is the only thing the Okies really had left, so they would do anything in there power to stay together. An example of retentiveness the family together would be when Tom had to knock Uncle John out to have him move up north with the rest of the family. Growth and Maturity was also a major theme in the Grapes of Wrath. Every character grew and matured during the story, showing the reader that the only why they would be able to keep living would be to grow up and become mature. An example would be how Rose of Sharon matured after her baby was a still born. 9.Emulsion- a mixture of mutually indissoluble liquids in which one is dispersed in droplets throughout the other a light-sensitive coating on photographic film or paper. Now the dust was evenly mixed with the air , an emulsion of dust and air (pg. 3, Chapter 1). Insinuation- to imply in a subtle, indirect, or artful way His voice had the same quality of muteness and insinuation his eyes had (pg. 8, Chapter 2). Judiciously- having, exercising, or characterized by sound judgement The driver squinted judiciously ahead and built up the speed of the truck a little (pg. 8, Chapter 2). Auger- a tool for boring and sometimes they drove oversize earth augers into the ground for soil tests (pg. 31, Chapter 5). Beseech- to beg urgently He did not know or own or trust or beseech the land (pg. 35, Chapter 5). Leanto- A shed with a single-pitch roof attached to the side of a building A shelter made from planks or branches raised in the front on poles. Joad paused at the entrance to the tool-shed leanto, an no tools were there (pg. 40, Chapter 6). Petulant- Unreasonably irritable or ill tempered peevish. the mouth held tight and small, the little eyes half scowling, half petulant (pg. 45, Chapter 5).Pe ddler- One who peddles for a living, a hawker also called packman. She aimed to go for that peddler with the ax (pg. 48, Chapter 5). Boils- A painful swelling of the skin and subcutaneous tissue with a hard pus-filled center, caused by bacterial infection, usually occurring at a hair follicle. Look out for boils on that jackrabbit (pg. 50, Chapter 5). Blazoned- To paint or depict (a coat of arms) with accurate heraldic detail to adorn or combust with or as if with blazons to announce publicly proclaim loudly and widely the garages with blazoned signs (pg. 61, Chapter 5). Jalopy- An old, dilapidated car. Get em out in a jalopy (pg. 61, Chapter 6). Heifer- A young cow, especially one that has not yet given birth to a calf. Well, one day he takes a heifer over to Graves poop (pg. 70, Chapter 7). Meerchaum- A claylike material consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate A tobacco pipe with the bowl made from this. Over old Toms unwhiskered cheek swot up the skin was as brown as meersc haum (pg. 71, Chapter 8). Citadel- A fortress, typically on high ground, protecting or dominating a city. She seemed to know, to accept, to welcome her position, the bastion of the family (pg. 74, Chapter 8).Jabbering- talk rapidly and excitedly but with little sense fast, excited talk that makes little sense. All over the State, jabbering in the Hoovervilles (pg. 237, Chapter 19). 10. A). Why were the deputies corrupting the law and treating the Okies unfairly? B). What the importance of keeping the family together even though Tom killed another man and was on the run from the law? C). Did Rose of Sharon do any real sin that would result in her having a still born baby? D). Was it right of Casy to give himself up for Tom, just so he could get in trouble with the law again? E). What was the outcome of the Dust Bowl?Grapes of WrathSteven Messner November 1, 2012 Changes Along the Road John Steinbecks book, The Grapes of Wrath, shows the audience incoming changes in America, namely t he coming Industrial Revolution, and the conflict between the locals and the Okies. These themes are supported by subplots of desperation, hunger, and the upcoming change in America. These subplots are particularly highlighted and illustrated in chapters 11 and 21. Steinbeck begins chapter 11 with a metaphor illustrating the coming change in the United States.The Industrial Revolution was coming and Steinbeck used this metaphor to show how machines would change the way the farmers lived their life. Steinbeck used this chapter not only for a picture of their vacant homes but as future inference for the coming times of disconnect between farmers and their land. So easy that the wonder goes out of work, so efficient that the wonder goes out of the land and working it, and with the wonder the deep escorting and the relation (115) Farming, to Steinbeck, was not just a way that crops were produced, but a lifestyle.Steinbeck understood that the little things mattered to farmers and their industry. Things like the way that land was worked from generation to generation, the care and dedication that were put into the seasonal turning of the soil, and rotating the crops to make sure the land stayed well. All these things were, for the farmer, not simply for this short benefit, but supported his long term goals. His love for the land caused the land to love him back. Steinbeck understood this relationship between the farmers and the land.The coming Industrial Revolution would change this relationship between farmers and their land. The way of life for these farmers was changing before their very eyes. The dedication and care that farmers once needed would be swept away. And in the tractor man there grows the contempt that comes only to a stranger who has little understand and no relation (115) Steinbeck is touching on the idea that once the farming industry is revolutionized, there would no longer be a need for small family farmers. When the industry is revolutionized, large companies would be able to farm great amounts of land.They would be able to mass produce crops, with little concern for quality, and ultimately, the quality of the soil itself would deplete. When the corrugate iron doors are shut, he goes home, and his home is not the land. (116) The revolution would not treat the land as sacred, and the close relationship between farmers and their land would be over. In chapter 21 Steinbeck once again illustrates his larger themes using the migrants and the changes they undergo during their journey. He uses the migrants story to further illustrate his negative feelings towards big industry.In this chapter, he moves along in time to show how big industry is taking away from the country as a whole. Steinbeck opens the chapter by comparing the farmers who started this journey across the country and the migrants who are on the same journey now. The journey has changed these people before their very own eyes. This was a change that the Okies had to make no matter what. These people experienced being hungry for the first time, seeing their children go hungry and not be able to do anything about it. This would doubtless change a man forever. Change did indeed occur.The Okies grew angry and mean towards the locals. The local people lived in fear of the Okies. The locals knew that there was nothing on this earth that could keep the Okies away from their food and land. This began to ferment a problem between the locals and the Okies. When there was work for a man, ten men fought for it- fought with a low wage. (283) This illustrated the fact that one Okie would seemingly always charge less to work than another in order to keep a job. When there are ten men fighting for the job, the wages go from 25 cents to just working for food.This was beneficial for the owner because wages stayed so low. The Okies didnt believe their circumstances could become any worse however they would soon find out how wrong they were. They had no idea of the upcoming problems they would face with the large canneries. And when the peaches were ripe he cut the charge of fruit below the cost of raising it. And as cannery owner he paid himself a low price for the fruit and kept the price of put up goods up and took his profit. (283-284) This was a dramatic economic challenge for the Okies.I believe at this point they realize things would never get back to the old ways. The way they lived their lives would be forever different. They were forced back on the road, and back to search for food. The great companies did not know that the line between hunger and anger is a thin line (284) On the highways the people moved like ants and searched for work, for food. And the anger began to ferment (284) Steinbeck points towards his feeling that big industry ruined the life of these people forever. The changes that Steinbeck illustrates are not just temporary, but permanent and life changing.These changes in industry would change the way the e ntire nation functions. The way people are used to living would be revolutionized. The people who arent ready to accept this change or are unaware how to accept these changes would be left behind. When looking back at both of these chapters, and understanding the negative changes, we see some irony in the way Steinbeck structured this book. These small chapters, in between the longer ones, gave Steinbeck a ascertain to not only give setting, but also to express his opinions of the current state of events though his metaphors.He used the small chapters of 11 and 21 to depict a scene the Okies were fleeing. They were leaving Oklahoma with the hope that California would somehow save them. I like to think how nice its gonna be, maybe, in California. Never cold. An fruit everplace, an people just bein in the nicest places, little white houses in among the orange trees. I wonderthat is, if we can all get jobs an all workmaybe we can get one of them little white houses. An the little fell as go out an pick oranges right off the tree. (91)The Okies believe they would find an area of California that would hold them to get back to their old ways of farming, and sadly, this simply would not happen. The Okies were running to a hopeful scene, while this hopeful scene was running from them. Wonder if well ever get in a place where folks can live thout fightin hard scrabble an rocks. I seen pitchers of a country flat an green, an with little houses like Ma says, white. Ma got her heart set on a white house. Get to thinkin they aint no such country. I seen pitchers like that. Pa said, Wait till we get to California.Youll see nice country then. Jesus Christ, Pa This here is California. (204) They begin to realize, there really is nowhere left to run. In conclusion, I believe that in Chapters 11 and 21 the Joads were used as a metaphor for America. The Joads, like much of America, were not ready to accept the upcoming changes, and they were not lively to deal with the disas ters they had along the way. Ultimately, their journey was unsuccessful. They lost members of their family, animals, and friends. The Joads, like much of America, had lost their entire way of life.