It happened in the Great Depression period by focusing on one family - the Joads. Tom Joad just got out from the jail but he's still on parole. He's trying to get back home to meet his family and then finding out that his family is being kicked out from their own land. He meets Jim Casy who was a preacher and that's how they going to meet Tom's family.
Surprisingly meeting his mother and other family members living together and now that he's being told that they're forced off the land. Tom's mother doesn't want him to cause anymore trouble so he joins family reunion and ready to head to Californai the next day. Most of the people were moving westward at that time. People were very angry being pushed away but there's not much they can do. They're just trying to survive and stick with their families.
The Joads now traveling all along the highway heading to California. The Joads meet with thousands and thousands of people heading to the same place carrying the same hope to settle, get a job and a piece of land they can call their own. Unfortunately, they're all going to the same place, getting the same job with large amount of people which is impossible for them to get the job. The money they make was very little. They keep going places and places just trying to earn a buck to support the family. Many of them die and the remaining are just trying to survive. It's very hard for the powerless people to fight for their rights where powerfull people only offering them to work with low wages.
Later they found the government camp which they think it's nicer than the other place. The Joads pick cotton for a month, every night they have meat and joing the dance with other families. They thought they would be happy but later they had to move to a new place - Fresno.
To me this movie is really sad, people trying to earn a few dollars to live, caryying hope to find a piece of land to settle. Tom's mother was becoming stronger and stronger as she's seeing the outside world which people are competing to get a job. She has to take care of the family- cook, clean and take care of the kids. At the end of the movie she said that she used to be afraid but not anymore.
Tom's father was the head of the family but now he thinks that it doesn't matter because all he has to do is helping his family by working hard.
Tom Joad is always running as he's on parole. He loves his family so much but he has to keep running as long as he's alive.
The Joads family is telling me how the American had to fight and how hard to had to earn a buck to live. The word "never say die" is really describing the situation. They moving west just like the others carrying the same hope - better job and better place to stay. The men had to work really hard while the women helping to get things organized at home.
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Ms. Charlene! You have just watched THE MOVIE which best portrays the Great Depression. If one wants to begin to understand what the Great Depression was all about, the best place to start is with this movie.
Outstanding summar with insightful comments. My Dad went through the Great Depression. He was a hard man, not given to outward appearances of weakness. I guess his whole generation was the same. They never quit and he was very hard on his sons whenever they wanted to quit.
No, I am not quiting!!!!!!
Wonderful job of blogging. Talk about rocking and rolling! WOW.
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