John Steinbeck refers to passages in the bible throughout the Grapes of Wrath. He shows that everyone has a family no matter what, even if he or she is not blood related. Everyone comes together and creates a circle, a circle of life.

Rose of Sharon had a stillborn but she still has milk from her breasts. They go for shelter and see a boy kneeling next to his papa. The man is starving, but can not hold down solid food; Rose of Sharon knows what she has to do and knows what is right. She leans down and lets the man have the milk. As the man drinks a mysterious smile appears on her face.

Rose of Sharon is considered the completion of the life cycle and helps the survival of another. In giving a part of herself to a stranger, she experienced a spiritu

People give up things to help someone in need; they act as a family, and join together to form a whole.

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"And the associations of owners knew that some day the praying would stop."

"And hands went into pockets and little coins came out. In front of the tent a little heap of silver grew. And the family found it there.

Steinbeck, John The Grapes of Wrath. 1939. New York:

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