Chapters 1-3 - The Grapes of Wrath

As I picked up the book The Grapes of Wrath and was ready to read it, I was praying that it was as good a book that The Old Man and The Sea was.  Well, I started reading and it was very boring, plus it took forever to read the first three pages because of the small print. 
It starts off with an ex-prisoner who gets a ride from a bus driver, (it was a semi).  It kind of scares me when they get into a conversation.  Tom Joad, the ex-prisoner sounds like he is getting pretty mad.  When I was reading it I thought that Tom was going to kill the driver.  I know it sounds pretty drastic, but that is what I thought would happen.  "The hell you ain't," said Joad.  "That big old nose of yours been stickin' out eight miles ahead of your face.  You had that big nose goin' over me like a sheep in a vegetable patch. (Steinbeck, 12).  If not killing at least I was thinking a brawl would break out, but thankfully it did not.  When chapter three started I was really confused.  It started about a turtle that was crossing a street.  "and as the turtle crawled on down the embankment, its shell dragged dirt over the seeds.  the turtle entered a dust road and jerked itself along, drawing a wavy shallow trench in the dust with its shell." (Hemingway, 16).  I did not get why it was talking about a turtle.  This book is confusing.  It starts off taking about a farm that does not get much rain, then a criminal getting a ride from a truck driver, and now a turtle.  I do not see where this book is going with the story.
Unfortunately this book is not living up to the previous book I read, but it is only three chapters in, so hopefully it will get better and maybe stay on track with one storyline.

Bibliography

Steinbeck, John. The Grapes of Wrath. New York: Penguin, 2002. Print.