Julianna Hale
John Steinbeck
Grapes of Wrath
Read and Post by Oct 28
Hi Griselda
Chapter Twenty-Five: Finally the crops are starting to grow and people think there is hope for jobs. They'll be able to cultivate the land and finally get some food. However, the land owners lower the prices and the farmers can't afford to harvest it. This means that they can take what they can grab but they can't throw anything away. If they do, the "Okies" will take it for free and everyone will be happy except the people who aren't making money. Instead, they have to watch as the crops are burned to the ground as their hunger rises slowly.
Chapter Twenty-Six: I thought that this chapter started off really nice but then got sad and depressing. The Joads find work on a peach farm where a bunch of angry looking people stand around. At the farm, you can earn $0.05 an hour. Ma is able to buy a little hamburger and coffee but she really needs sugar. She asks the shop owner to credit her but he says that won't work and just gives her the sugar. Tom wonders why everybody looked upset so he went back and saw Casy. He said that everybody was promised 5 cents but only got 2 1/2. A riot is started and police hit Casy over the head with a Pick Axe and he dies. Tom hits the guy back but he hurts his nose and freaks out because of his parole. Ma figures that he could stay by a little river until his face heals and she could bring him food. They see a sign for cotton pickers needed and head down the road.
Chapter Twenty-Seven: The most obvious theme in the world portrays itself in this chapter; happiness. Cotton is growing and it needs to get picked. The "Okies" are reminded of home and they are making money. This means that they are getting food on the table for their families.
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