Free write:
1. How have the Joads been tested? How does their faith/hope survive?
2. What do you think of when you hear the phrase Promised Land? What have the Joads expected of their promised land? Has the idea of a promised land blinded the Joads in any way?
3. What character has been the strongest teacher/leader? Has any character emerged as a savior of any kind?
Bible & The Grapes of Wrath
Character Groups: What did we learn about your character during this journey?
Discussion:
1. p. 233: let's look at the use of the word Okie and how the narrator, a person we assume sides with the migrant worker, is able to turn the word around into something powerful instead of a slur of weakness.
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