As I sat back and watched this movie, I was astonished as to how realistic it was. They show how life was in the 'Great Depression'. This movie shows how one family deals with getting kicked off their farm, death of family members, and much more.
             Our movie starts with a young man, Tom Joad, walking down a dusty road. He was just released from prison where he was serving time for homicide. He is heading home. On his way he meets a trucker whom Tom gives a hard time (making you think he is angry with life and the world). As he gets out of the truck, he tells the driver why he was in jail and the drivers face shows his fear. Tom next runs into the town preacher, Jim Casy. Casy explains that he has lost his calling and does not preach any more. They talk a bit as they continue. We see the farm and it looks kind of spooky. Dark and not a sound, except the wind, can be heard. As Tom looks for his family, he hears something. He finds a neighbor, Muley Graves, who is looking a little 'touched'. He tells how Toms' family was run off the farm 2 weeks earlier and how they went to his Uncle John's farm, but not for much longer because John has to leave his farm also. Muley explains how families were forced from their land and how his own family lost everything when the 'cats' (bull dozers) came. The morning shows Tom and Casy leaving Muley and heading off to Uncle Johns farm.
             At Uncle John's, we see the Joads' sitting around eating breakfast and discussing the upcoming trip. They have a flyer that states 800 pickers are needed in California and this is where they are heading. Grandpa starts talking about when they get to California, he's going to eat oranges and a lot of grapes and maybe roll around in them. We see Ma Joad looking out the door and realizing that her son is home. She runs out and shakes his hand (not a very affectionate family). Her first question is i...