The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, chapter 26

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The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, chapter 26, Narrated by Isaac Birchall
In this chapter, the Joad family prepare to leave the camp. There is no work around, and they need to get some as Rose of Sharon's baby is almost due. Ma reprimands the men for not having found any work and having not talked about it. Al then goes off to say goodbye to a girl he has been seeing.
The Joads officially leave the Weedpatch camp and take to the highway north in search of work. They have 1 dollar to their name, and all seems to be going well until, being the only car on the road, they hit a nail. They stop and get out and inspect their tire to find it punctured. While trying to fix it, a roadster pulls up and asks them if they're looking for work, and that there is work a little bit down the way picking peaches. He then leaves them and the tire gets fixed. They pile back into the car, determined to go to the peach orchard.
the Joads finally find work, picking peaches. The work is fairly easy, but at only 5 cents a box, it takes a full day's work to earn only a dollar. Ma then takes the dollar to buy food, and finds out that all of the prices have been inflated for a stupid reason.
Tom goes off to explore the new camp, and more importantly, check out the protest they saw when arriving. He skulks his way through the camp, and finds a ditch where he can squeeze under the fence. Outside, he comes across a tent, wherein he finds the "preacher" Casey, fresh out of prison. He tells Tom about his time in prison, and he has been trying to get the migrant people to fight for better rights. that is until the men arrive...
Tom tells his family about the events of the pervious night, and how his face became the way that it did. Just as Casey predicted, the Strike was bust, and the price was dropped to 2 cents a box. Throughout the day tom flitters with the idea of leaving to protect his family, but Ma's words stay with him, and he promises not to go, not yet.
The Joads gather their things are decide to leave the peach camp. With all of the new men coming to work, it's impossible to earn enough to feed the family. They hide Tom under some mattresses, and try their best to make their way out of the camp without Tom being seen and thus taken away. They make their way North, where finally, after many weeks of being in California, they see the sign, Cotton Pickers Wanted...

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