In chapter three, Steinbeck describes the long journey of a land turtle across a desolate highway. From the onset of his journey, the turtle encounters many setbacks. All along the way, he is hindered by ants, hills, and oak seeds under his shell. The turtle's determination to reach

his destination is most apparent when a truck driven by a young man swerves to hit the turtle. The turtle's shell was clipped and he went flying off the highway, but he did not stop. He struggled to get right side up and kept going. He kept driving towards his goal, just as the Joads kept driving towards California.

The Joads incredible ability to overcome all odds and keep going is epitomized in chapter three with the turtle. Steinbeck uses his rendition of facts, the "turtle" chapter, to parallel the Joads' struggle to reach the Promised Land. Just as the turtle endured, so did the Joads. They never digressed from their strait and narrow path to California.

Much like the turtle's Journey across the desert, the Joads had to face many great hardships and toils to reach California. In the plains of Oklahoma, they meet the Wilson

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