· This novel follows the movement of thousands of men and women and the transformation of an entire nation, plus it focuses more on the Dust Bowl migration in the 1930s. · 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 …showed first 75 words of 548 total…

…showed last 75 words of 548 total…that some are unable to do enough work even to pay for their sacks. Some of the owners are crooked and rig the scales used to weigh the cotton. · Farmers had tried to form organizations for their benefit, but were unable due to their circumstances. · To make matters worse, rain pounds the land; there is no work in the deluge, and looting begins as men are forced to beg for food, and to steal food.