Assignment H ch 12

Faith is all the farmers have in this section, that and the clothes on their back. It leads back to self reliance because the faith that these people have are in themselves, having faith to want to keep going. Steinbeck's message about faith here is that you should have faith in yourself to want to be motivated in keep going. Believing in yourself. Don't rely on others, but on your faith. Even though it's the only thing they can rely on besides the people with them. But he wants you to not depend on those people, rather than yourself. Some of the farmers don't have faith, but regained their faith from when they saw the opportunity to going to California for something bigger and better. On page 122, faith is shown when the farmers cars break down on highway 66, and have to go and get a new tire. But the people who sell them, raised the prices the more desperate the farmers became. But the farmers had faith, and waited on the side till a nice truck driver came and picked them up and feed them and gave them a ride.