The Joad Family In The Grapes Of Wrath

In the novel The Grapes of Wrath, the Joad family faces extreme challenges like having to move to California, the onslaught of constant dust, and death. The Joads must stick together and remain a family if they want to survive during these tough times. Family is the major theme in the book, with multiple symbols backing it up such as the turtle that Tom grabs at the beginning of the book, or farming. In chapter three Tom Joad finds a turtle why walking down the road. He picks it up in hopes of giving it to the kids. However when he finally gets home and discovers that everyone had be run off the land, he lets the turtle go. The turtle starts walking in the same direction that Tom found it walking in. The turtle was determined to get to where

The bank was hungry, not for meat or vegetables, but for money and profit. The farmers attempt to fight the bank, but cannot because it is not a person, but rather an organization. The farmers are forced to leave because of the bank, and since there are no one or two persons that run it, there is nothing they can do about it. "Fellow was telling me the bank gets orders from the East. The orders were, 'Make the land show profit or we'll close you up’.” The monster ate the land and then ate the families that lived on the land. There is only one good thing that comes out of the bank monster, and that’s unity through hate. The Joads and their neighbors all grew closer through their shared hate of a common enemy. The Joads need this unity in order to survive and adapt to their ordeal. Rose of Sharon’s pregnancy is one of the more positive symbols in the book. The baby she carries represents the hope and unity of the entire Joad family. The entire family comes to help Rose of Sharon whenever she needs it, it really shows how much the family loves each other. The Joads really come together because of the promise of a new Joad. The baby also represents a start of a new beginning, of a new life in California. The baby ends up being stillborn that isn’t revealed till the end of the