Julianna Hale
John Steinbeck
Grapes of Wrath
Read and Post by Oct 28
Hi Griselda. This is our last post about the book. And it's our last book together :(
Chapter Twenty-Eight: Sadly, Tom has to leave California. His little sister starts bragging to the other children that her big brother killed two men. Ma freaks out and tells Tom that he has to leave and he agrees. First he says he has been thinking about Casy and everything he said. I think that when he says this, he's thinking about becoming a preacher. What do you think? At the end of the chapter, Rose of Sharon ends up feeling sick.
Chapter Twenty-Nine: A huge downpour of rain floods the city and everybody starts to worry. First all the floods make people fear for their safety, then the floods turn the fields into lakes so there is no work, and since there is no work, there is no money for food. People resort to begging and stealing which nobody likes. Finally the rain lets up and the men group together and figure out what they are going to do.
Chapter Thirty: I felt that this chapter and the whole book ended very awkwardly. Pa tells all the men in the camp to build a turret for the rain to pour into. During the work, Rose of Sharon has labor pains and goes into labor. Sadly, her baby is born dead because of malnourishment. The next day, everyone is afraid for their lives because of all the flooding so the Joad's find a barn to take cover in. There they see a young boy kneeling over his father. He says that his father is starving and can't keep anything solid down. Ma looks at Rose of Sharon and there is a silent agreement. Everybody leaves except Rose; she kneels down next to the man and gives him her breast mild and then a smile spreads over his face.
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