Free write: The Joad family shows ignorance to many modern conveniences (toilets, showers, etc) and ideas (unions). Reflect on a time when you were ignorant to either a modern convenience or product or idea. What did this ignorance teach you about yourself? Those around you? Who enlightened you? How could ignorance lead to struggles later on in life?
Let's check out Weed Patch.
Discussion
1. In what ways does Mr. Thomas represent the dilemma of the small farmer?
2. What do the events in Chpt 22 say about religion, charity and hard word? Who and what are the "reds"?
3. What role does order, dignity, and pleasure play in the lives of the migrants? Why are the locals trying to strip these things from the migrants' lives?
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