The Grapes of Wrath Chapters 1-7

The story begins with Tom Joad, who was recently released from prison, hitch hiking home to his families farm. After he has hitched as far as he can, he begins to walk to the farm. Along the way Tom finds Jim Casy sitting far away from the town by a tree. Tom knew Casy as his childhood preacher. Casy begings to tell Tom why he is no longer a preacher, and the two men talk for a while. They begin to walk to the Joad farm when they come across Muley Graves. The two men eat with Graves and sleep outside his cave. After they wake up, Casy travels with Tom to the Joad farm which they discover has been repossessed by the bank. Now the men decide to head to Uncle John's house.