notes for final

Men returning from California->giving up- going home to starve all at once instead of little by little

Exodus, movement from okla, they are slaves to the bank and to the land
Moses, - Grandma and Grandpa
The Plague- not being able to grow anything
Jesus- Casy-
Judas (desiphal that sells jesus to the romans)- Willy Freely, Crashers at the Dance
Handbills- false hopen
Joads truck- symbolizes the family and there connect to each other
Highway 66- Road to the promise land
Turtle- People verses moloch
Weedpatch- socialtist community, people who live there take care of everything. self regulated. Run by the Okie workers, self regulated, financed by the US Government, Socialism
Hooverville-Squatter's settlement, no- one has any rights, the community is burned own again and again, Police can come in anytime with false charges
Ranch- Prison, Owned and ran by a corporation, box like houses that are dirty, guards everywhere, store that over charges, corporation breaks a strike to pay whatever it can.
Motif of bugs/animals-
Truck stops-

Plots:
Exposition:
Inciting event: Leaving Oklahoma (tractor kicking them off)
Rising Action:
Climax- Tom kills someone
Falling action-
Resolution-

Characters-----------
Tom: reflects the idea of anger and We Vs I, second son, leader of the family- outsider. Philosopher- connected with Casy, sort of Casy's desiphal

Casy- Preacher or ex preacher. Joins the Joad Family out West. Finds himself and becomes a leader of people at the ranch.

Ma- The center of the family. She holds the Family together. She is the leader at the end of the novel

Pa- Head male of the house hold once Grandpa dies. sorta loses his position when they leave the land, and through the novel has less and less to do. Change adapt as well

Rose of Sharon- whiney pregnant lady.

Grandma- She dies as soon as grandpa dies, connected to the land

Noah- eldest son, he is an odd character who has never really quite fit in or been really interested in anything.

Muley Graves: Guy who stays behind and can't leave the land

Wilsons: people the Joads meet on the road and travel with the joads. first extended family

Ruthie and Windfield- youngsters, still kids that will beable to adapt

Next extented family of the joads

The peach camp

Themes: We Vs I, the idea of moluch, anger

Motif: Pretty Boyd Floyd: backs up the theme of anger. He is the lower class person gone bankrupt that steals from the rich and give to the poor. but he is angery

Weedpatch- Self- patrolled, store gives credit, live in tents, people are friendly

Hoopers Ranches Inc.- Guards everywhere, store- no credit or over charging, dirty houses, no- one speaks, people are protesting outside. This is Moluch

Hooverville

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How beautiful california is. and then the fruit is waste because it cant be picked because the small farmers cant afford to have it picked. this is because the big farms own the cannireies and so they survive. The crops that aren't picked are wasted.

notes on the book

Section 1: The Joad Home, Tom returning home, Home- Oklahoma
Section 2: The road, life on the road
Section 3: Camps in California Hooverville: Homeless
Weedpatch: A city if migrants/ workers, Self- sustained
Company Camps: Described like a jail

Busting up the dance: Betrayal of there people hired to break up the dance

Chapters 20 and 21

20
We vs I: how Casy took the blame for beating a cop
Casy: John the baptist or christ like figure, he will comeback
The role of the Women: Ma feels responsible for feeding all the kids

Connie leaves because he realizes he cant really make a living an his dream is just a dream. He cant by a house

Uncle John Goes and gets drunk

New characters:
Floyd- fixin his car to go north and give Al the hint of where work will be. He also is a guy who sorta attacts a contractor. Wise as far as know whats going on. because he gets wise, The contractor gets the cop out who tries to frame Floyd for busting into a used car lot. Floyd was "Talking red"- talking like a communist, the workers of the world will unite and over throw the government

Joe: The cop

Mayor: Been pushed around to many times, not going to leave, cant talk sense

Contractor: These Okies ther is work. wont tell how much hes paying, or how many people he needs

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Hooverville: ragged town of tents and cardboard boxes- "homeless town". Allusion to president Hoover

Weed patches: nice camps that the government set up (FDR)
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Chapter 21 Moloch: God of capitolisim just eating everything, buyign out all the little farms until it is one big farm
Anger: everyone losing their jobs to someone else
People compared to bugs again