Chapters 1-6

The first chapter of the Grapes of Wrath described the setting and the scenery of the country very well. I did not like the over excessive use of the color red though. Later on, we meet the character Joad. He waits by a truckers semi and asked for a ride. He got it and the trucker brought him to a corner. We also find that Joad has been released from jail after four years on bond for murdering someone. In chapter 3, the turtle has a great significance to the rest of the story. The struggle that it had getting up the side hill of the road signifies the hardships that the people of the 30's faced everyday for 10 long years. Joad then meets his old preacher, Jim Casy. They talk for quite some time and eventually end up at Joads old house. He finds that cotton has been planted around the house and sees that the house has two main supports missing. Joad sees a guy walking in the distance and quickly knows that it is his old friend, Muley. Jim greets himself again and asked what happened to the house. He said that a tractor rammed the corner when Joad's grandpa shot the headlights off the tractor while it was planting. He then finds out that his parents are 8 miles away, picking cotton, and planning to move west in two weeks.