"Grapes of Wrath" Posting 9

For this posting, I read chapters 26-28. In these chapters, the Joads decide to leave the government camp because they are running out of money and they can't afford to stay there. They decide to go pick cotton to make more money. The Joads get a job picking peaches. They realize that the food they buy is more expensive. This really upsets Ma. Tom goes outside and sees a strike. In the group is Casy. While they are talking, a man strikes Casy in the head with a pick axe and kills him. Tom steals the axe, and kills that guy. The Joads leave the peach picking plant and go somewhere else. On the way Tom gets out because he doesn't want to endanger them. The rest of the Joads find a job picking cotton and make a good amount of money. Rose of Sharon falls asleep outside. When she wakes up, it is pouring rain and she is chilled.



I think it is sad how Casy died after getting out of jail. Especially when he was striking against unfairness and he did nothing to harm people. I am also glad that the Joads finally got a stable job with a good income to support themselves with. I think something bad will happen to Rose of Sharon because at the end it said she was chilled and sick. This means she could be in very bad condition. I am almost done with the book and I am hoping it will have a good ending after all of the depressing situations that have occured in the book.