Chapter 6
Summary: Casy and Tom went to the Joad house and they see that the fences were taken away and that the cotton was growing all over the place. And then they see that the house is all pushed out of shape and they check to see if the Joad family had left Joad a note but there isn’t one so they realize the house was just deserted. Then They are sitting out on the porch and Tom remembers he still had the turtle with him, so he un wraps the turtle and lets him go, and he heads off in the same direction he was going when Tom picked him up. Then they see Muley Graves approaching them, and Tom demands to know if he knows where his folks are. He says that they got pushed off the land and they are staying with Uncle John. Muley’s family went to California with out him because he was unable to leave the land that he grew up on. Then Muley has them eat dinner with him and he talks about how hard and different it has been living alone and it make Casy realize that what he needs to do is go on the road and comfort all the other deprived people. Where as Tom realized that he would be breaking his parole if he goes out of state with his family. That a car pulls up and the three of them hide so they wont get busted for “trespassing.” Then they go hide and sleep in a small cave and they plan to move to Uncle John’s the next day.
Characters:
· Casy
· Tom
· Muley Graves
· Willy freely - the tractor man/deputy - sheriff/the man owned by the bank - the $3.00 a day man
Themes:
· We vs. I
· The importance of the land to the people (Muley stayed on the land he grew up on instead of going with his family because he didn’t want the monster to take it away from him.
· The Importance of family (Tom is determined to get reunited with his family)
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