Julianna Hale
John Steinbeck
Grapes of Wrath
Read and Post by Oct 28
Hi Griselda
Chapter Thirteen- As I mentioned, the chapters go back and forth and in this chapter, Steinbeck starts again with the story of Tom and his family. I found this chapter horribly depressing. First, their dog is hit by a car but it was nice for the gas station attendant to bury him. A little while later, Grandpa starts feeling sick. The Joad's meet a family on the side of the road, the Wilson's. Since Grandpa is feeling sick, the Wilson's let him lay down in their tent but sadly Grandpa ends up dying of a stroke. It is against the law to bury a person but it cost $40 to report a body and the Joad's can't afford that so they have to wrap up grandpas body and dump him into a whole. If that was any one of my family members, I would be so sad.
Chapter Fourteen- This chapter is about the people of California planning a revolt. At first, the people from the Midwest and Oklahoma started trickling in but after they were kicked off the land, everybody went to California at once and this scared the native Californians. California was so packed that people had to sleep in ditches on the side of the road or anywhere they could find an empty spot.
Chapter Fifteen- This is mostly another symbolism chapter. I think that when Mae notices the hungry children and sells the candy really cheap but notices the big men who ask for a $0.05 loaf of bread and says no, $0.15, she shows courage. She thinks that the helpless man who can't feed his children deserves the cheaper amount. However, the older men with jobs can afford to pay for a whole loaf of bread and she says that. There are two truckers sitting in a booth who witness this and when they leave, they leave and extra large tip. I think that this is Karma, which I'm a huge believer in. Do you think it was Karma or just generosity?
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