Struggles of survival during the time of the depression. Tom, the eldest son of the Joad

Family, finds himself in a unique when he must leave his home and head out to

California with his family. As Tom and his family headed West on their journey, he

found himself as the leader of the family after his grandpa had died and his father

was not thinking straight. Throughout the journey, Tom and his mother took care of the

family and did the best they could to maintain order in the family.

Tom was a good, reasonable person. Sure he had been locked in Prison for four

years, but that was only because he got in a drunken fight and killed a man with a

shovel. But Tom was only defending himself, he didn't mean to kill the man, but he did.

In prison, Tom kept to himself and didn't talk much. He probably figured that was the

only way he was going to get out of prison sooner. And his patience paid off, because he

the road, the Joad family found a place where there were many abandoned boxcars where

hiding waiting to kill another. As soon as Mrs. Joad heard about this, she knew she had

to two and a half cents. Well after Tom had been beaten for what he did, he went back

burden to them because the cops would have been looking for him. Besides, he knew that

some serious thinking before he decided to leave. Since he was out on parole, he could

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