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The Grapes of Wrath: Description Al Joad and the Setting Al Joad is a fairly skinny guy of medium built who starts out being a cocky, self-conceited character. His only justifiable reason for acting cocky is that his brother, Tom, killed a man and went to jail. Al respects his brother and thinks of him as a man for having killed another man. The fact of the matter is that Tom was only acting in self defense. After a man came after Tom with a knife, Tom hit him over the head with a shovel, and killing him in the process. Al would receive complements all over town from people who recognize him and being the brother of a man that was a killer. As soon as Tom Joad comes home from prison, Al is a changed person. He is no longer cocky and he almost resents his brother coming home so soon. As the Joad family is forced to leave their home land and travel to California, Al takes on a great responsibility. His job is to drive the family and take complete care of the truck that they are driving. Al takes his job very seriously and gets upset when anything happens to the car. Emotionally, I would say Al has become very strong throughout the novel. He starts out pretty depend on the "glory" of his brother, but he takes his responsibilities seriously. I see Al as being a crucial character later in the novel. He is the kind of person that needs motivation from the start, but once he gets going, he won't stop. Setting Description Oklahoma could best be described as one large dustbowl. All rain has ceased to fall. The dry wind wisps through the air and gathers dirt. If you listen closely enough, it sounds as though there are people moaning whenever wind is present. The heat is so humid that any source of water is dried up, and the plants wither away. All of the corn crops are gone as well as all other crops. The dirt is like sand; it has no moisture or fertilization.
...ed the narrator have they seen Al because his bike was on the ground. The narrator was speechless and is thinking to himself “I wanted to get out of the car and retch, I wanted to go home to my parents’ house and crawl into bed” (par. 33). Also when the lady asked them if they wanted to take some drugs and party, the narrator just looked at her and said “I thought I was going to cry” (par. 35). Before these events, the narrator would have partied with the girls but now after going through these experiences, he realized he isn’t bad as he thought himself to be.
...he boarding house and got his rifle. Frank tried to stop Tom from returning to the barroom and Tom raised his rifle and shot Frank in his forehead killing him instantly. Tom Chaney has grit and doesn’t care about anyone but himself. Having grit isn’t always necessarily a positive thing. In Tom Chaney’s falls into a different definition of grit than Mattie or Rooster do.
to make his brother happy . As long as his brother is spending time with him, and it is
could not bring himself to kill a innocent little boy so he gave him to a
The two characters come to the realization that they do share a brotherly bond, and that the narrator cares deeply for his brother even after all the time apart. The narrator says, “I don’t give a damn wh...
dangerous man and was guilty of the murder, and who knows what else. Upon Walter’s release
First, Tom views Bernie as a possible valuable asset that he could use later. When he was in the woods with Bernie he respectfully had two options, he could kill Bernie or pretend to kill Bernie
...al is the fact that Johnny always carries a knife when he is out. The reason being is that once, he got jumped by a group of socs. That day, Johnny swore to always have a pocket knife on him. This is his way to survive. Greasers and Socs have a huge rivalry between each other. Thus putting the greasers in danger because the Socs are always picking fights with them.If you need another example of survival, you can just look on page 71. After Johnny kills a Soc at a park, he and Ponyboy had to run away in order to not get caught by the cops or the fuzz as they call it. The boys find a church to sleep in for the night. They would figure out what to do in the morning. They cut and dye their hair in order not to be identified. As you already probably know, they dyed their hair because of survival. If they wanted to survive, they knew they would have to disguise themselves.
Tom was not only unfaithful but he was a lier, an abuser, and a criminal. He seemed to have compulsively built his relationship with everyone on lies. He said these lies to everyone to the point where he believed himself. Rightfully so all his actions catched up to him leading him to the spot of his death.
We do not know much about Tom’s childhood; however it is clear that his life has progressed into a sociopathic lifestyle. We do know that, “[His] parents died when [he] was very small” and that “[He] was raised by [his] aunt in Boston.” (25) He disliked his aunt, hated her, and wanted to kill her.
Killed his best friend’s mother, and does not believe his friend will forgive him. During the whole
encounter. We feel the neglect he feels when his sister doesn’t even notice he is nowhere to be
himself in a defiant way and disobeyed all authority in his life. His brother Pete helped
He first discussed the incident at Woolworth’s with his mother. She was disappointed with Al and scolded him for trying to steal the hammer. Al’s mother’s poor language skills prevented her from expressing her feelings and helping Al resolve his problem. Instead, she offered Al money to buy the hammer. Frustrated and dissatisfied by his mother’s response, Al told her he didn’t need the hammer and walked away.
In cooler regions of the steam becomes water again and arrives in the form of rain or