Chapter Twelve Flashcards
What does Highway 66 provide the migrants?
An element of solidarity in their hardship.
From what point of view does the narrator speak from in Chapter Twelve?
From the point of travelling migrants who worry about their malfunctioning cars.
What does the greedy car-parts salesman tell the farmers?
That California is not big enough to accommodate all of countries needy citizens.
What does the salesman threaten the farmers with?
The border patrol denying entry to the migrants and ripping up their driving license.
What is the salesman shown to be fearful of?
The threat of the differences of the migrants to him and his part of the country.
What does the salesman try to sell the family?
A faulty tire for an unfair price.
What does the migrant farmer refuse to do?
Buy the tire at the risk of being taken for a fool. More angry at his lies than the risk of breaking down.
What do some migrant farmers rely on and how do they do this?
Rely on faith and kindness - build makeshift trailer, wait along route 66 for someone such as the sedan to pick them up, take them along and feed them.
What does the narrator marvel at?
The utter reliance on the kindness of man kind - illustrates the opposites on Route 66 showing ‘bitterly cruel’ events and ‘beautiful’.
Is the car salesman a complete condemnation of the entire human race?
No - the Sedan shows a generosity that Casy bases his newfound faith off of.
