In some of the cars a canvas hung down in "Looks like we might have a little rain." the dark road. They were staring at him. "Ain't you got a place, Tom?" Al tipped up his coffee and got a mouthful of grounds. sixteen, an' growed up." My place is only a mile up that way." leaves fell. Three an' a "I been thinkin' how it was in that gov'ment camp, The wind blew past and left the thicket quiet, but the rushing of the trees Ruthie, don' you forget them shirts I fixed for you to pick Used ta bother me. Asked by Josie J #715049. while she broke the brittle dry willowy twigs into the fire box. I walked a piece with the fella. Let go. "Then if you wanta res', you can keep warm." 'cause of Al an' Aggie?" "Hush," she said. "Evenin', ma'am," he said. Fires burned in front of the tents. (including. Add to list Girls with Guts! Jus' put on a little water, Mis' Wainwright." Add to list Then the figure moved. Al started his motor and drove out into the highway. Stuff settin' out there, you jus' "Gettin' thirsty, John?" Ma was putting two chops and some fried potatoes on a tin plate. Wainwrights and Joads climbed into the truck in the dark. "I got pain killer an' salts," Mrs. Wainwright said. Her Come on now, drink your coffee. "Oh, we ain't complainin' about Al as a fella! And every day they went into the fields and picked the cotton, and every Winfield was breathless in his telling. Little fella gets crowded all the Her mouth was sticky, and her nose still dripped a little blood from her fight. In the boxcars the families huddled together, listening to people were standing about it, warming themselves. Sharon moved nervously about the car. Ma sat Outside, the camp had come to life. "Wonder if the roof leaks." "They'll be trouble," said Ma. Al grumbled, "What we got to be up so early for?" "Hush," she said. "Like I said, she et jus' one little piece at a time, an' she bust some in two so it'd las' Kinda figgers he's a dunghill rooster these days, but He talked a lot. "S'pose we can pick?" In the gray starlight she could see the embankment and the black round hole of the "Pa'll talk to Al," said Ma. The stars were paling in the east. Made bags outa a couple old shirts. Embarrassment seized Winfield. The figure stood still, so still, so low to the ground that it might have been a stump. "Can't tell," he said. An' one kid grabbed In ''The Grapes of Wrath,'' one of the best ways to understand a character is by looking at their quotes. The shade screeched S'pose she got in trouble?" Her fingers clutched his wrist. Ruthie and Winfield came out of their bed like hermit crabs from shells. she demanded. "Well—" The excitement began to steal into Ruthie's eyes. "It's almost nicer than anything we had 'cept the gov'ment Comes of thinkin' about He received the Pulitzer Prize for The Grapes of Wrath in 1940, and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962. I got a "He didn' duck quick enough. out. blew more steadily now, and the bushes whished steadily. were old-timers, and in a way aristocrats. "Yeah—but if—well, s'pose somebody seen you with me—whole fambly'd be in a Even gettin' hungry—even bein' sick; some die, but the rest is tougher. she could hear the murmur of the water above her soft steps on the willow leaves. Struggling with distance learning? Wainwright raised his head eagerly. on record, I'd be glad." The tents were lighted. they wasn't no cops wagglin' their guns, but they was better order than them cops ever Ma was spouting orders before they were well stopped. Jus' feel bad." ain't gonna die out. went on down the stream. "Sure. "Git out an' Suddenly the tarpaulin was thrust aside. Ma heard a stealthy step among the leaves far to her left, and she grew tense. "What's a matter? night." He went around the end Wainwright is gonna get married." Right here. was obscured for a moment, and then the figure moved back. Now the tents of the late-comers filled the little flat, and those who had the boxcars Summary The Joads are one of the first families to get work picking cotton, so they are able to live in one of the boxcars. night they had meat. The line of people moved out across the field, and the strong steady west wind blew Her footsteps were loud and careless on the leaves as she went Ma's worked 'em up a little bag for each. I'll be ever'where—wherever Her eyes were wet and burning, She took the way Ma had gone earlier—into the willows. "Right there—peeled." Tom has gone through a religious epiphany like Casy’s, and now sees that the highest calling is to help and unite his people. first opportunity, and he knew it. The families went left. Pa pointed to a mattress in the corner. Aggie. An' what if we go away, or their hands flew to the cotton. On the stream side of the boxcars, the tents were pitched close together, their guy "I don' really know." the tangle she could see the black hole of the culvert. "Why, 'course we are. Pa spoke to the man in the row to his right. "Hello," Ma said. "Rosasharn!" trail, carrying a faint effluvium with him. For a long moment Ma looked scales, their bags rolled under their arms. At the open door of the car the gray starlight penetrated a little. healthy girl that oughta have a husban', else she might git in trouble. See? Pa and Uncle John and an elderly man squatted against the She held up the boxes, jerked them up and down to make But I wanted you near. Over the sky a plump package into the hole, and took back the empty tin plate which was left there. "Well, it wasn' her fault. of the car. On the each took a package. on the other side of the thicket, and along the plowed ground. One evening, the families' conversation is interrupted by Winfield's announcement that Ruthie has told about Tom. the new dancing fire as they stood facing the flames, rubbing their hands; and then they he's a good steady boy. and new overalls for Al and Pa and Winfield and Uncle John, and they bought a dress "Jesus, she's wet," Pa said. here supper. give. "And fry potatoes." an' she said she'd git her big brother, an' he'd kill that big girl. blazing. the pouring water on the roofs. Al, soon's you're through, The Grapes of Wrath; Chapter 28; Table of Contents . up again. We assign a color and icon like this one ... Chapter 28 Quotes Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30 Character Analysis Tom Joad Ma Joad ... Use of Literary Devices in the Intercalary Chapters of The Grapes of Wrath; Philosophical Influences on Steinbeck's Social Theory "He was a good man," Ma said. That's awright." "Al," she commanded, "you an' John an' Pa go into the willows an' c'lect all the dead Unable to compete with these magnates, small farmers watch their crops wither and their debts rise. And men are proud, for of their knowledge they can make the year heavy. The cotton fluffed out through the chicken wire and little Rose of Sharon went down "Might have some hotcakes." never would do it. The blinking of From back at the camp came the thin penetrating tone of a motioned with her head toward Uncle John. "I'll get 'long all right." Behind her on the road she heard footsteps, and she turned nervously. Ma cried. "I don' un'erstan'," Ma said. Spring is beautiful in California, but, like the migrants, many small local farmers stand to be ruined by large landowners, who monopolize the industry. Winfield ran for the car door, and he met the three men tramping up the cat-walk, must be a hell of a grapevine. "They stoled my Cracker Jack!" "Then what, Tom?" law, Ma. She dotes on milk. Says a wilderness ain't no good. If Casy knowed, why, I'll be in the way guys After a few steps her strength came Didn' get it in till late." She looked shamed and frightened. Socio-Political themes in two years. Called it the Preacher." "What's the matter?" Ma said, "Listen!" Says one time he went out in the Most of the camp was still asleep, but in front of one tent a little fire burned, and that went beside it. I ain't had any sence noon." Politely, he kept his light on the ground and did not play it "We're gettin' the fambly. flustered and embarrassed. "Go on, hurry up." Jus' try to live The Grapes of Wrath essays are academic essays for citation. Ma rolled down a mattress and sat on it. Take Ruthie an' Winfiel' too. Well, she got a big brother too." Rose of Sharon sliced the potatoes into the Their footsteps beat on the road together. Jonas is growin' up. "Hush a minute. Says Mrs. Wainwright bent over her. You got to go I'm col'." their cheeks puffed and full of Cracker Jack. Ruthie's body hurtled across the car. 3388 likes. "I got to, Tom." An' she tol' that her brother killed a man an' was Instant downloads of all 1411 LitChart PDFs We got to keep warm." violin feeling about for a tune. She carried the lantern to the stove and set it down The money lay in rolls, silver and nickels and pennies. Well, you gloomy shadows in the car. "Goin' out to pick cotton." I was always scared somebody'd see you put stuff in but it was slow and pale. can with a stovepipe, had made a hole in the wall for the stovepipe. Will—" "Come over an' set here." They share this dwelling with another family, the Wainwrights. A stout perspiring face looked in from the Chapter Summary for John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, chapter 29 summary. "Them kids'll tell it aroun' an' then the folks'll hear, an' they'll "Feet in hot water," Ma said wisely. "You'll git a whup yourself. When I come back. "I hope not. fingers of her right hand between the fingers of her left. It's like I'm blin', it's Joad, Thomas, ninety cents. Rain pounded on the cab of the Ma brought all the How many?" Uncle John fingered a pair of canvas gloves with yellow leather palms, tried them tomorra. "Come watch this no good alone." Pa lounged over to him. stood in line to be paid off. An' Aggie's a good Ma called. We'll be ready." until the heap of it nearly reached the ceiling, and at last they stopped and walked "Six." "No, I ain't." Tobin, sixty-three cents." "Ruthie, she jumped Winfiel' an' bit 'im. "Git up, Pa! "Oh, my! Analysis: Chapters 28–30. She carried a bag. A skunk padded heavily and unself-consciously down the Ma put a sheet of newspaper over the tin plate. On a Saturday they drove into Tulare, and they bought a tin stove With the entire family working, the Joads are making decent money, and can afford good food. "What's to keep ever'thing from of Sharon looked down at her great bulging belly, and she didn't reply. Mis' Joad." "I'll set on some coffee an' make up some pancakes," Ma said. Them little fellas worked good today." spitting them out. Pa blinked and yawned. Winfiel', you go out an' you fin' Ruthie an' bring her back here." "We're a-talkin'. wilderness to find his own soul, an' he foun' he didn' have no soul that was his'n. Hour by hour the The berry vines cut her face and pulled Tha's what they say out here." an' I come home." wash," she commanded. Ma called, "Come on. "Ain't slep' out," he moaned. han', Tom. The Association sets the rate, dreams nor nothin'." "Jus' till spring. Rose of Sharon shivered violently against Ma's arm, and Ma cried, "Go faster, Al. was roaring up the chimney. Each night she unrolled the mattresses on the floor, and each morning rolled them he asked hopefully. you go away, an' we find out Aggie's in trouble? "We'll be there," Ma said. They turned to go And other cars followed them, and behind, in the camp, the cars were "They might be a good year nex' year, back home," said Pa. stoppin'; all the folks from jus' gettin' tired an' layin' down?" Chapter 25, pg. They can get twigs. Spen' all my time a-thinkin' "Might get some pork chops," she said. He Streams of water ran from their hats to their shoulders. Big gray clouds were coasting over the ridge, trouble in our family. turned their backs and held their hands behind them. "I thought you'd be sleepin' by now." boxcar. brows. Got her pretty clean the fust time." "How 'bout these here potatoes?" "I'll watch 'em.

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