Christin Cho AP Lang Lawson 17 October 2014 The Grapes of Wrath Study Guide Questions Ch. 19-30 Ch. 19-20 29. Casey helped Tom out of trouble with the deputy sheriff by taking the blame fir knocking the sheriff unconscious and tripping him and going to jail for Tom. 30. Al said that he last saw Connie walking toward south by the river and that he or no one knows why he left. Ch. 21-22 31. Mr. Thomas lowered the wages from thirty cents per hour to twenty five cents because The Farmers Association is making him or else that it will be uneasy for Mr. Thomas. 32. Mr. Thomas gave Timothy a tip telling him that The Farmers Association is planning to go into the camp and cause a fight which would then the police would have to get involved and people …show more content…
The flat tire was good luck for the Joads because when they had to stop and fix it, a man came up to them telling them that there is work by picking peaches thirty five miles from where they are. 39. Tom goes to investigate what was happening on the roadside after dinner on the first day of peach picking. 40. Tom meets Jim Casey on his evening walk while Casey was leading a strike about the peach orchard owners. The strike was about how the owners cut the wages to 2.5 cents a box now. 41. Tom gets in trouble with the law again because when Casey gets into an argument with one of the police, one of them kills Casey because he is leading the strike. Then Tom kills Casey’s murderer and runs away. 42. Because Winfield ate too many peaches while picking them, he passed out in a field from diarrhea. 43. The Joads left the peach orchard because of Tom even though Tom said he would leave alone. They left and started to pick cotton on another plantation. Ch. 27-28 44. Ma risked to go to Tom’s hiding place because she had to warn Tom that his secret of killing two people had gotten out and to leave. 45. Tom decides to finish Casey’s work and help the poor. 46. Aggie Wainwright is the daughter from the Wainwright family. Both the families share a boxcar together on the cotton plantation. And Al decided he want to marry
26. What does Mark do during the meeting that the FBI is monitoring? -Looks at the camera and gives thumbs up and messes with the device in his breifcase
23. This is the one case that will affects him personally. He felt that if he didn’t take this case he could never ask Jem and Scout to listen (mind) to him again.
Q= Why didn't anyone give Tom a call about the situation while he was in prison ? After four years when will he find out ?
Tom saw Jim Casey who had organized a petition/riot against the land owners. 13. In reaction to the murder of Jim Casey, he violently killed one man but quickly went into hiding for fear of going back to jail. 14.
Tom Joad and retired Reverend Casey find Tom’s home abandoned and in a state of ruin. They learn from Muley, the Joad’s neighbor, a company is forcing residents off their land. Tom's has decided to move to California.
54). He hitchhiked his way from place to place with nothing to eat other than a bag of rice and
Later, he begins to unite workers, and eventually dies trying to combat injustice through this worker unity. After this, Tom takes over Casey’s crusade. As Tom begins to truly comprehend Casey’s words and struggle, he explains what he must try to do in his final talk with his mother.
34. He wanted to get back at Atticus for actually defending Tom that if he tried to harm what mean't most to him which would be Scout and Jem. Which if he did that, he would get back at Atticus for making a fool of him at the
John Steinbeck’s novel, The Grapes of Wrath is one of the most influential books in American History, and is considered to be his best work by many. It tells the story of one family’s hardship during the Depression and the Dust Bowl of the 1930’s. The Joads were a hard-working family with a strong sense of togetherness and morals; they farmed their land and went about their business without bothering anyone. When the big drought came it forced them to sell the land they had lived on since before anyone can remember. Their oldest son, Tom, has been in jail the past four years and returns to find his childhood home abandoned. He learns his family has moved in with his uncle John and decides to travel a short distance to see them. He
71. How does Jem react when Atticus tells the children to go home? He says no
About 2 days of food,” answered Rose. The second day came and both Eric and Anthony had not returned. While at the motorhome Miranda and Rose were slowly running out on food. At the same time Eric and Anthony arrived at the gas station, Charles was nowhere to be seen. Startled because they failed to get any help they made their way back to the motorhome. While going back Anthony felt a bite in his leg. As he looked down he notice a rattlesnake that had bit him on his right leg. At this point Eric knew they were in a very bad situation due to the fact that Anthony would need medical assistance and because they have not returned to their stranded family. Meanwhile the wife and daughter were worried because they haven't seen Eric and Anthony in which they should have arrived the same day they left. Now the only thing left to eat at the motorhome was 2 bottles of water and cookies. The problem was that Miranda and Rose hadn’t ate and were starving. The only thing they had to do was hope for Eric and Anthony to come back with supplies that would help them
Jim Casy was separated from the group earlier in the book and they are finally reunited. Jim has finally gotten to Tom with his theory that we are all a part of one big soul. Everything happens for a reason and it all contributes to the big picture. Tom has opened up and is telling stories from the jail, when a rustling of leaves comes from outside the tent. When Jim goes to check things out he was struck over the head with an axe. Contradicting to how far Tom has gotten on becoming a better person he picks up the axe and kills the attacker. This symbolism back to the beginning of the book when he killed the first attacker. Tom realizes what he has done and is forced to run into hiding. This surprise act just shows theme in how everything is
At the onset of the book, Young Tom has just been released from prison and is interested in making up for lost time and enjoying himself. He is a strong family support during the journey but is among the first to begin reaching out to a larger family. At the end he has focused on the plight and abuse of all the homeless farmers and recognizes that they must
12. Jamal takes Forrester to a stadium on his birthday because he wanted him to remind him of his
The third reason was that Tom was shot. The night that Tom escaped jail, he was