Assignment F ch 1-10

"But Pa never did write no letters. He always says what he couldn't tell a fella with his mouth wasn't worth learnin' on no pencil about." (25)

This quote connects back to the theme of pride and writing and family. Because Joad's father choose not to write, judging by the way they speak, they couldn't really write well. They most likely never went to school or didn't finish school. His father took pride on that because he couldn't write. But then again, there wasn't a way for Joad to get a hold of his family because they all choose not to write. So he hasn't seen his family in over 4 years because of his incident. I think that the significance to not write is that he thinks its smarter to just say what you have to say, and not write it out. And because it takes longer. 

"Well, they been Choppin' cotton, all of 'em, even the kids an' your grampa. Getting money together so they can shove in west. There ain't nothing here."(46)

This quote connects back to the theme of family and community. In Oklahoma, on the dry fields, they have been having dust storms, so the farmers that owed the land couldn't make any money off their properties because of the mysterious dust. The bankers or "the monsters" took away their lands because they could not pay for it, them having no money for food forcing them to move out west to find jobs. Back then, going west to California was a must. It was a place where your insured to get a job and it being the better life for you. I think that the people blame the bankers for them having to move out to California.