Chapters 11-15
g. Selflessness is one of the major themes in the Grapes of Wrath. Throughout the Joads' journey to California and starting right in their home in Oklahoma. In Tom's home in Oklahoma, after being evicted from his land, Tom and his family decide to move to California to look for work as manual laborers. However, on his travels back from the state jail for murder, he meets up with his old preacher. The preacher, John Casey, is also out of work. Casey is out of work because he does not believe in the Bible anymore and has developed his own brand of religion. The first instance of this selflessness in when the Joad family is about to leave and Casey is helping them pack and sell their unnecessary belongings. The family says that they would like to help Casey, their former religious leader, by taking him to California so that he will not starve and may find a job and work in California. The senior Joad says that they that may not be able to support another man on the road, however, the Joad comes to the consensus that their morals should come before their material desires. Mama Joad says that they will be able to overcome this hurdle with unity and willingness. Steinbeck is trying to show the sense of community between the migrants who are traveling to California. But he is also showing the sense of community between those in the religious community which included most of the farmers and other laborers in the Dust Bowl. Steinbeck also attempts to convey the sense of karma in Chapter 15. This is when the waiter, who has no connection to the travelers, sells a poor, starving family a cheap meal to keep their kids alive and healthy. Some truckers, who see what she is doing, give her large tips in return. This conveys the sense that with one good deed, you will be repaid by another kind spirit in return. Both of these examples show what kind of responsibility we have to other people during times of crisis. There are two types that have been shown in the story so far. One type is the type of selflessness with no return, such as the Joads taking Casey along with them to California. The other type deals with good karma, when the waiter helps the poor family feed itself, and the truckers help the waiter by giving massive tips when she serves them.
g. Selflessness is one of the major themes in the Grapes of Wrath. Throughout the Joads' journey to California and starting right in their home in Oklahoma. In Tom's home in Oklahoma, after being evicted from his land, Tom and his family decide to move to California to look for work as manual laborers. However, on his travels back from the state jail for murder, he meets up with his old preacher. The preacher, John Casey, is also out of work. Casey is out of work because he does not believe in the Bible anymore and has developed his own brand of religion. The first instance of this selflessness in when the Joad family is about to leave and Casey is helping them pack and sell their unnecessary belongings. The family says that they would like to help Casey, their former religious leader, by taking him to California so that he will not starve and may find a job and work in California. The senior Joad says that they that may not be able to support another man on the road, however, the Joad comes to the consensus that their morals should come before their material desires. Mama Joad says that they will be able to overcome this hurdle with unity and willingness. Steinbeck is trying to show the sense of community between the migrants who are traveling to California. But he is also showing the sense of community between those in the religious community which included most of the farmers and other laborers in the Dust Bowl. Steinbeck also attempts to convey the sense of karma in Chapter 15. This is when the waiter, who has no connection to the travelers, sells a poor, starving family a cheap meal to keep their kids alive and healthy. Some truckers, who see what she is doing, give her large tips in return. This conveys the sense that with one good deed, you will be repaid by another kind spirit in return. Both of these examples show what kind of responsibility we have to other people during times of crisis. There are two types that have been shown in the story so far. One type is the type of selflessness with no return, such as the Joads taking Casey along with them to California. The other type deals with good karma, when the waiter helps the poor family feed itself, and the truckers help the waiter by giving massive tips when she serves them.
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