GOW+Ch18+Discussion

Who has the most strenght in this chapter? What causes and drives this strength? Do you believe the family is scared they will not find work since hearing storeis of failure and being called "Oakies" or do you believe they are still living on the dream of striking it rich and being properious?

Ma carries the strenght throughout this chapter, she defends the family from the cop and threatens him with a skillet. She prefers privacy for her family when one lady wanted to pray for the grandma. The thing that drives her strenght and strong will is her love for her family. Her love for her family and protecting them is so great that she would do anything in the world to keep them together and keep them safe. She even keeps the death of the grandma quiet so that, that way they could get through the desert without any complications or chaos. We believe that they have nothing left so they are just hopeing that everything will work out, they know the bad stories and what could go wrong but they have nothing better left so they are on their last resort. "Nope. But at leas' we can strave to death with folks we know. Won't have a bunch of fellas that hates us to starve with. Pa said, 'Ya now you're teh second fella talked like that.'" (pg. 205.) This shows that its sort of brining so realistic thoughts to them but they are just hoping that luck is in their hands and that they will be different than everyone else.