I liked this chapter. The idea of the Joads being able to live in a well furbished, sanitary, pleasant place gave me hope that their luck is turning around. Ma was so happy that she "seemed girlish" (Steinbeck 289) with excitement over the camp. The camp was in very good condition and was established with the best that the government could offer a camp. Ruthie and Winfield got to see a toilet for the first time because of the camp. Winfield even "broke" (Steinbeck 300) one by flushing a toilet. Ma was in the men's bathroom when a kind elderly man told her about the Ladies Committee. Ma is a proud person. In being so she had to make sure that she had family and a household to be proud of. She made everyone wash and put on clean clothes. Ma has a good family that she raised well. She should be proud of them and of their accomplishments, no matter if the Committee is coming or not.
I did not like the fact that the greedy car salesmen sold the Wallace's car for a 750% profit. The salesperson bought the car for ten dollars and sold it for seventy-five dollars (Steinbeck 293). Also I am not a fan of the character of Mrs. Lisbeth Sandry, the crazy Christian lady. Mrs. Sandry believes that everyone is going to hell, plus she is well... crazy. First of she is crazy because she was scaring a pregnant young girl into believing that her baby will die. Second of all because she came back to the Joad's tent and insulted everyone in the camp (on top of them going to hell, that was a given coming from this psycho lady) to Ma, who was not taking that sort of talk. Ma almost beat her with a stick (Steinbeck 321) because she was so infuriated at this madwoman's talk. Third of all Mrs. Sandry said that Rosasharn's baby was an "innocent child in that there girl's belly a-burnin'" (Steinbeck 320). That kind of ties in with reason one, but no one in their right mind tells a pregnant person their baby is burning and going to hell! That is not okay!
Steinbeck, John. The Grapes of Wrath. New York: Penguin, 2006. Print.
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