The migrant families become one unit. The families are not a single group anymore, but they are part of the migrant men.
The final obstruction in the Joad's path is the desert. After crossing this desert the Joad's hope to find lush land and work. As the men bathe in a river, a man warns them to turn back. He tells them that there is no work for them, and the people in California do not want any 'Okies' around. After this conversation Noah decides to stay at the river and live off of it. Meanwhile, Grandma's health is continually deteriorating. The Joads are forced to leave the Wilsons behind, and grandma dies.
The narrator describes the irony of California. It became American because of squatters who believed they owned the land because they were farming it. Now the descendants of these squatters are trying to drive off the migrants who only want to feed their families.
Tom meets Floyd Knowles. Floyd gives Tom advice on how to act around the police. Those who try to organize against the landowners are labeled 'red' and arrested or blacklisted, meaning they will get no work. A confrontation arises between Floyd and a contractor who happens to have a deputy with him. When the deputy tries to arrest Floyd, he is tripped and knocked unconscious by Casy and Tom. Casy takes the blame and is arrested. That night, Connie lips away from the family and disappears.
The final obstruction in the Joad's path is the desert. After crossing this desert the Joad's hope to find lush land and work. As the men bathe in a river, a man warns them to turn back. He tells them that there is no work for them, and the people in California do not want any 'Okies' around. After this conversation Noah decides to stay at the river and live off of it. Meanwhile, Grandma's health is continually deteriorating. The Joads are forced to leave the Wilsons behind, and grandma dies.
The narrator describes the irony of California. It became American because of squatters who believed they owned the land because they were farming it. Now the descendants of these squatters are trying to drive off the migrants who only want to feed their families.
Tom meets Floyd Knowles. Floyd gives Tom advice on how to act around the police. Those who try to organize against the landowners are labeled 'red' and arrested or blacklisted, meaning they will get no work. A confrontation arises between Floyd and a contractor who happens to have a deputy with him. When the deputy tries to arrest Floyd, he is tripped and knocked unconscious by Casy and Tom. Casy takes the blame and is arrested. That night, Connie lips away from the family and disappears.
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