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Women and children knew deep in themselves that no misfortune was too great to bear if their men were whole.
the houses to their work, and the children began to play, but cautiously at first. As the day went forward the sun became less red. It flared down on the dust-blanketed land. The men sat in the doorways of their houses; their hands were busy with sticks and little rocks. The men sat still—thinking—figuring.
chapter one was describing the oklahoma dust bowl and how it occurred and how it covered the land showing the peoples reactions this happens late summer-fall
For a moment the driver stared after him, and then he called, “Luck!” Joad waved his hand without looking around. Then the motor roared up and the gears clicked and the great red truck rolled heavily away.
in chapter two we met joad and know he's committed homicide
tiddly-wink,
His yellow toe nails slipped a fraction in the dust.
chapter three is about a turtle planting seeds
‘The hell with it! There ain’t no sin and there ain’t no virtue. There’s just stuff people do. It’s all part of the same thing. And some of the things folks do is nice, and some ain’t nice, but that’s as far as any man got a right to say.’“
McAlester?”
the prison joad went to
They moved over the curving top of the hill and saw the Joad place below them. And Joad stopped. “It ain’t the same,” he said. “Looka that house. Somepin’s happened. They ain’t nobody there.” The two stood and stared at the little cluster of buildings.
in chapter 4 we met jim casey who used to be a preacher and joads preacher he baptized him in the ditch. we learn that joad was a menace in his childhood. and they walk together to joads family hous and when they pull up nobody's there.
You know what cotton does to the land; robs it, sucks all the blood out of it. The squatters nodded—they knew, God knew. If they could only rotate the crops they might pump blood back into the land.
The bank is something more than men, I tell you. It’s the monster. Men made it, but they can’t control it.
hand. His wife was beside him, and the quiet children behind. And all of them stared after the tractor.
in chapter 6 we followed a family getting there home/land taken away by the bank. not sure why probably because they do not have enough money but the tenant came and told them they got to out and ought to go to california for work. the bank set these commands seen as something worse than mean a mister they call it. in the end if the chapter it should the man in the chapter plowing there land and hike he describes he gets 3 dollars a day doing it and he's sorry this happened but he has his own family to reed and worry about while he's putting others in the streets.
and the winged hunters moved soundlessly overhead.
chapter 6 was about joad and casey finding out his family left to his uncles house because the tenants got them and how they planned to go west in 2 weeks after that. they met muley(childhood friend) who told them all that information and made a plan to walk there at day break. muley is not going because he is stubborn about the company and tenants pushing all the people out of town, his family is in california so he is lonely.
Bargains. Clean, runs good.
chapter 7 is about a cars sells man and business when people are coming to buy cars to drive to california it shows how they overprice old and used cars and work the the customers to make their sells.
She seemed to know, to accept, to welcome her position, the citadel of the family, the strong place that could not be taken. And since old Tom and the children could not know hurt or fear unless she acknowledged hurt and fear, she had practiced denying them in herself. And since, when a joyful thing happened, they looked to see whether joy was on her, it was her habit to build up laughter out of inadequate materials. But better than joy was calm. Imperturbability could be depended upon. And from her great and humble position in the family she had taken dignity and a clean calm beauty. From her
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“I don’t know. They’re jus’ kinda stunned. Walk aroun’ like they was half asleep.”
this section of the chapter was about tommy's homecoming to his folks at his uncles house. he found his dad packing for cali sonia and his mom making breakfast. they want him to go to california with them but i thought he had to stay in oklahoma because of his parole but we'll see.
Granma and Grampa raced each other to get across the broad yard. They fought over everything, and loved and needed the fighting.
“No,” said Tom. “I got paroled.” “Oh.” And Al was a little disappointed.
the rest of chapter eight we met most of tom's family members and learned about them and what they do.
How can we live without our lives? How will we know it’s us without our past? No. Leave it. Burn it.
The dust hung in the air for a long time after the loaded cars had passed.
chapter nine is about tenant farmers preparing to leave their homes after being forced off the land. They feel desperate and angry as they sell their belongings for very little money and try to hold onto their dignity while heading west for a better life.
The family met at the most important place, near the truck. The house was dead, and the fields were dead; but this truck was the active thing, the living principle.
The cotton fields lined the road. And the truck crawled slowly through the dust toward the highway and the west.
In Chapter 10 of The Grapes of Wrath, the Joad family gets ready to leave for California. They pack their things, say goodbye to their home, and Tom decides to go with them even though he’s on parole.
And on windy nights the doors banged, and the ragged curtains fluttered in the broken windows.
In Chapter 11 of The Grapes of Wrath, the narrator describes how empty and silent the land becomes after the tenant farmers leave. Without people to care for it, the houses and fields begin to fall apart, showing how deeply connected the land was to the people.
The people in flight from the terror behind—strange things happen to them, some bitterly cruel and some so beautiful that the faith is refired forever.
In Chapter 12 of The Grapes of Wrath, the story zooms out to show families driving west on Route 66, facing car troubles, poverty, and worry. It shows how hard and scary the journey is for everyone trying to get to California for a better life.
awake. She stared into the sky and braced her body firmly against pain.
In Chapter 13 of The Grapes of Wrath, the Joads start their journey to California and meet the Wilsons, another traveling family. Grampa Joad dies during the trip, and the two families decide to travel together to support each other.
And tractors turning the multiple furrows in the vacant land.
In Chapter 14 of The Grapes of Wrath, the narrator talks about how people are beginning to come together and fight back against unfair treatment. It shows that even though the rich try to stay in control, the poor are growing stronger through unity.
The cars whizzed viciously by on 66.
In Chapter 15 of The Grapes of Wrath, the story shifts to a roadside diner where two truck drivers stop to eat. The workers at the diner show kindness to a poor family, showing that small acts of compassion still exist during hard times.
The road spread dimly under the weak lights of the car.
In Chapter 16 of The Grapes of Wrath, the Joads face car trouble and must stop to make repairs, with Tom and Al working hard to fix it. While they wait, they meet other travelers who warn them that California might not have the jobs and land they dreamed of, making the family start to worry, but Ma Joad stays strong and insists the family must stick together.
