ause of that, even if it comes at the expense of dozens of other families. Steinbeck describes that families did everything to protect their own family, even if it meant destruction of other families.
             When there is no family, it becomes very difficult for a person to live a normal life. The endless problems and difficulties one has to go trough when the family is absent is shown trough the character of Muley Graves by Steinbeck. Because Muley's family has left the land and headed to California, his decision was to stay and protect the land. "My wife an' the kids an' her brother all took an' went west to California" Muley said. The preacher stirred nervously. "You should of went too. You shouldn't of broke up the fambly (65)." Because of the absence of his family Muley lived his live in a miserable fashion, his loneliness and hidden lifestyle have driven him insane. It is also important to note because Jim Casy was a preacher, he understood the value of family, and he could understand why Muley lived they way he did. Jim Casy knew that it was not a wise decision to break up the family regardless of the condition.
             However, when a family is together it is very different for each and every individual of the family. For example, when the Joad family gets
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