Throughout history man has made many journeys, far and wide, Moses great march though the Red Sea and Columbus' crossing of the Atlantic Ocean are only a few of mans greatest voyages. Even today great journeys are being made. In every instances people have had to rise above themselves and over come emence odds. The Joads did just that by traveling to California to find work. Steinbeck shows one aspect of this real life journey …showed first 75 words of 741 total…

…showed last 75 words of 741 total…dies but in a way it brings live to the old man who needs milk. The end of the book is not the end of their journey. The people are only still at the beginning. But the hardest part is past. They realize that family isn't first . Ma said it best when so said, "Use'ta be fambly was fust. It ain't so now. It's anybody. Worse off we get the more we got to do."