Our movie starts with a young man, Tom Joad, walking down a dusty road. He was just released from prison where he was serving time for homicide. He is heading home. On his way he meets a trucker whom Tom gives a hard time (making you think he is angry with life and the world). As he gets out of the truck, he tells the driver why he was in jail and the drivers face shows his fear. Tom next runs into the town preacher, Jim Casy. Casy explains that he has lost his calling and does not preach any more. They talk a bit as they continue. We see the farm and it looks kind of spooky. Dark and not a sound, except the wind, can be heard. As Tom looks for his family, he hears something. He finds a neighbor, Muley Graves, who is looking a little 'touched'. He tells how Toms' family was run off the farm 2 weeks earlier and how they went to his Uncle John's farm, but not for much longer because John has to leave his farm also. Muley explains how families were forced from their land an

The next morning while the family loads up the truck, Grandpa decides he is not leaving but a quick thinking Ma gets Grandpa a little sleepy with children's cough syrup and they are off. There are 12 family members, Casy and everything they can take from loaded up on a very old, old truck.

Ma says she'll never be afraid again. And looking at her face as they drive along to Fresno, you can believe it.

Our first glimpse of death is Grandpa. He dies of a stroke and they bury him on the side of Route 66 with a hand written marker explaining how he died, why he is here and his name. They have Casy say a few words and then they continue on with their journey.

I really enjoyed this movie. It makes you think how it can be so good for some and so bad for others.

d how his own family lost everything when the 'cats' (bull dozers) came. The morning shows Tom and Casy leaving Muley and heading off to Uncle Johns farm.

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Approximate Word count = 1860
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)