power of family and community

Question 1

‘ t - - m - - a - - n - - as l - - - - - a - - p - - - - - - - - as o - - ‘ (steinbeck)

Answer 1

As an endorsement of collaboration, Steinbeck writes,

“here is the node, you who hate change and fear revolution. Keep…men apart; make them hate, fear, suspect each other. … The danger is here, for two men are not as lonely and perplexed as one.”

Question 2

‘ a - - we g - - is t - - f - - - - - u - - - - - - - / s - - - - a - - t - - - - - - - ‘

Answer 2

Although one of the Joads will occasionally suggest that they divide up to find work and be efficient in their efforts, Ma always forbids this. She argues in Chapter 16:

'’All we got is the family unbroken. / stick all together

Question 3

‘ t - - - t - - - - - t - - - - - - - ; t - - - s - - - - - t - - - - l - - - - , t - - - - f - - - ‘

Answer 3

‘’they talked together; they shared their lives, their food’

This quote underscores the value of togetherness in the face of loneliness and the unknown. Although the migrants have very little to share, they understand innately that they are stronger as a group than they would be if they went into their new, uncharted lives on their own.

Question 4

‘ p - - - - - t - - - - l - - - o - - f - - t - - - - - - - - - - / m - - - - if we g - - - ‘ - o - - - - - - - - , m - - - - w -‘- - do o - - - - t - - - - - ‘

Answer 4

Timothy, a man Tom has met in the camp, tries to explain to Tom why the deputies occasionally pick fights with the workers who live in the camp:

“People there look out for theirselves/ figger maybe if we gove’n ourselves, maybe we’ll do other things.’

Question 5

‘ c - - - t - - - - of t - - - . g - - to t - - - - of my o - - k - - - ‘

Answer 5

‘cant think of that. got to think of my own kids.’

the unity and community and the philosophy that comes with this of the tenant farmers is superseded by greed and selfishness and individualism. by highlighting the callousness of the reality that the ‘monsters’ are willing to destroy and evict several farmers and families is reflected by the attitude of the tractor driver - ‘for your three dollars a day fifteen or twenty families cant eat at all’