· The character in this novel, Jim Casy rejects his role as a preacher due to the fact that it separates him from the people, and he thinks only of the holiness of "the people."(virtue of equality)

· The landowners and the banks force the tenant farmers off their lands despite the farmers' protestations, that they have nowhere to go, nothing to eat, and the crops will be better next year, however they do first inform the farmers that they must leave.

· Large companies buy all the land in the area, and force the tenant farmers away in order to cut their labor costs.

· Since the tenant farmers' lands are cut off and they have no chance in Oklahom

· The farmers in California are labeled with the derisive nickname "Okies."

a, they decide to travel to California(the promised land) for further opportunities.

· In order to travel to California the farmers have to buy cars and pawn a few of their belongings; the crooked business was being done at overcrowded used car lots as the farmers try to buy cars, and even worse the business morality of the pawn brokers fleece the farmers for everything they can.

· Since work is scarce and the people were running low on supplies they had to travel more and at last when they retrieved work, it was not valid to even last for a meager dinner; For instance, the owner of the peach orchards cut wages to only two-and-a-half cents a box, in which for the entire day they have earned less than a dollar.

· California once belong

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Approximate Word count = 552
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)