Chapters 13-15 - The Grapes of Wrath

As chapter thirteen of The Grapes of Wrath starts, I find it to be a little boring.  There is really nothing going on and all they are doing is traveling, which is nothing to get excited about.  At the gas station, sad news is brought to the book.  "A big swift car whisked near, tires squealed.  The dog dodged helplessly, and with a shriek, cut off in the middle, went under the wheels.  The big car slowed for a moment and faces looked back, and then it gathered greater speed and disappeared.  And the dog, a blot of blood and tangled, burst intestines, kicked slowly in the road." (Steinbeck, 130).  It is sad to hear that the dog dies, because it has to be hard for children to see that, because they will remember that for the rest of their lives.  It reminds me of when I saw my dog get hit.  Although my dog did not die, it was hurt badly and I still remember how hurt my dog was.  More sad news is brought the book when the granpa dies.  Thinking that the dog was going to be the only bad news, I can not imagine the emotions of the Joad family.  A question that will never be answered is what would of happened if the granpa stayed at home?  Sure he would not of been with the family, but he may not of died.  When the author says that all the tenant farmers are now traveling to California, that image paints a picture in my head of traffic.  All the cars on the highway would have possibly caused a huge traffic hold-up.  Even though when I was headed to Florida, nobody was sleeping on the sides of the roads, but there was traffic and I am sure that the Joads and everybody else are not happy with the traffic.  As I am now almost halfway through the book, at least chapters wise, the book has been alright thus far.

Bibliography

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