Even as the adventure starts for the Joad family, one of the family members already wants to separate from the rest, Grandpa. He feels that he belongs on "his" land, and should not leave it no matter if there was nothing there for him. After getting him drunk on coughing syrup, they force grandpa to join them on the long journey. As they travel on, they begin to notice how Grandpa slowly drifts off into nothing ness as he gets farther away from his home. Once stopping on the side of the road along the way and meeting up with the kind Wilson's, Grandpa finally broke down. Being such a strong man, it was very frightening to see him cry and once lay down for a

They drove and drove, facing starvation and extreme lack of money, until they reached California. They came to a stop at a small camp where a rich cool stream flowed through the area. After camping for a while, Noah, the eldest son, came to the decision, that it was his time to move on alone. Noah knew that he was not what people considered "normal" because of certain birth defects and he was not the most sociable person. Knowing that he could just as well do better on his own, he split apart from the family, believing that he would stay at the stream and eat fish when necessary. Knowing that there was no arguing with his brother, Tom Joad accepted this parting from his brother and the Joads moved on, continuing the decline of their once tight-knit family.

Wainwright, and plans to be wed. He now is becoming wrestles with his own family and continues to beseech his parents to let him off on his own. Ma and Pa ask him to stay for a little longer to help them with their truck for they then had no one to help then for the only family members left were, Pa, Ma, Uncle John, Rose of Sharron, Winfield, and Ruthie. He agrees, but makes his vow that he and his new wife are going to leave as soon as they can.

Finally the last loss to the family comes at the end of the book. A family member that was not even "part of the family" yet, leaves. Rose of Sharron goes into labor during a great flood and because of some complication, her child is a stillborn. Thus, marking the last departure of the Joad family; leaving their original thirteen kin to a meager num

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