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California or Bust
Summary: Essay describes what is foreshadowed in the conversation between Ma and Tom Joad about California.
Sarah wakes up to the smell her mother making breakfast. As she gets out of bed she carefully tip toes around her brothers and sisters who are sharing the same tent. The stench of not taking a shower for a week followed her as she grabs a bowl of stew made for leftovers. When she takes notice around her she could see the neighbor kids begging her with their eyes to get a piece of the stew for they have not eaten for the past three days. Hesitate to give up the only food she gets for the day, Sarah sympathetically gave the kids the stew. Why are these families living in such bad conditions? Unfortunately, these people are migrant workers. In the book, The Grapes of Wrath, farmers, like the Joad family, are forced off their land due to the fact that they are not making enough...
This section contains 819 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) |