Grapes Of Wrath: An Undaunted Journey

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land turtle across a desolate highway. From the onset of his
journey, the turtle encounters many set backs. All along the way he is
hindered by ants, hills, and oak seeds under his shell. The turtles
determination to reach his destination is most apparent when a truck driven
by a young man swerves to hit the turtle. The turtle's shell was clipped
and he went flying off the highway, but stop the turtle did not. He
struggled back to his belly and kept driving toward his goal, just as the
Joads kept driving toward their goal.

Much like the turtle from chapter three, the Joads had to face many
great hardships in their travels. The planes of Oklahoma, with their harsh
summer weather, was the Joads desolate highway. The truck driver
represented the Californians, whom Buried food and killed live stock to
keep the Joads and others like them away from their dream. And sickness was
their ants and hills. But even through all of this the Joads persevered.
They were driven by great ...

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