I was particularly impressed with Tom Joad's description of making the best of a bad situation (245). The one-eyed man, feeling sorry for himself, complains constantly about his life. Tom turns to him and tells him that his life wouldn't be so bad if he didn't make is so bad. The reference of "a one-legged whore" was actually pretty relevent. It was funny. "Ya like to feel sorry for yaself. There ain't nothin' the matter with you. Buy yaself some white pants."
Is this the embodiment of the spirit of the Joad family? A representation of the ability to edure druing hard times that they possess?
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I'm not too sure about the whore illustration, though. It seems that Steinbeck likes to be a little coarse just to be that way.
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