chapter 18 - Beginning of journey Flashcards
discovering California
“We’re there — we’re in California!”
scenery of California
” lovely water flowing”
“green reeds jerking”
Ma– purity wealth dreams
“Ma got her heart set on a white house”
emergence of truth about California
” cause everything in California is owned.”
“you ain’t gonna get no steady work”
Ma- angry
“Ma’s face blackened with anger”
Okies quotation
” we don’t want you goddam Okies settlin’ down”
loss of hope
“seems like the heart’s took out of us”
sun description
” the san sank towards the baked and broken hill to the west”
Casy sin quotation
“sure I got sins. Everybody got sins”
Uncle John feeling
” I got a feeling’ Im bringin’ bad luck to my own folks”
Ma— illness
” Her face was swollen and her eyes were hard”
Ruthie whispers
” It’s California”
Rattle snake– symbol
” A ratte- snake crawled across the road and Tom hit it and broke it”
idealised California
” the morning sun, golden on the valley”
“the great valley”
Gramma’s death
“Granma’s dead”
“she got to lay her head down in California”
