Well as things started to turn upward for the Joad family, things began to go back downhill for them. Work is few and far between, and they do no have the money to buy the necesities of life. No money, no food and whatever else they need to survive. This is really unfortunate because they had just found a "home" for the time being and now they have to leave. When I heard the news that could work at a peach farm, I was doubting it from the beginning. I knew that there would be so many people there looking for work and there was. Roads are backed up with hundreds of people, and the pay is only five cents for a box of peaches. I have no idea what kind of money that was back then, but I can assume that it is not very much due to the fact that Tom was getting paid twenty-five cents and hour at the camp. After one day they make one dollar. That is absolutely unbelievable, the whole family working and they only make one dollar. Tha probably could not feed the whole family.
As Tom meets up with Jim Casy, policemen find them and kill Casy. Tom manages to get away, but not before taking a beating. Another person dead, was the first thing that popped up into my mind. It is truly sad to see Casy die for no reason. To get away from trouble the family goes to a cotton farm, where they are going to pick cotton. "What's a few rocks? Jus' one, maybe. Quarter pound? Always argue." (Steinbeck, 407). I think what the farmers did by putting rocks in their bags is a good thing. They are being ripped off, not only in price, but the scale is rigged, giving them less money. It is time that they fight back against the rich business men who own the farms. I would have done the exact same thing if I were in their situation.
Bibliography
Steinbeck, John. The Grapes of Wrath. New York: Penguin, 2002. Print.
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