grapes of wrath
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 an
The officers agrees to let them through and we find out that Grandma is actually dead and that is why Ma did not want the truck unloaded, but they made it to California. As the family talks with Tom, one of the 'agents' who are forcing people off their land shows up to remind Uncle John they have to be off their land by the next morning. It has showers, toilets and running water. The men get together and figure out a way to avoid this. They can work in the camp to earn your keep (1 dollar a week) and they never have to worry about 'cops' because the campers elect their own 'cops' internally. The family hides Tom and leaves this place. Casy, Tom and the rest start running away and are caught by the 'tin-shields'. Their next home happens when a man driving by offers them work. Tom finds out that his sisters' husband ran out on her and their expected child. Rich fellas come up an' they die an' their kids ain't no good, an' they die out. This one is run by the Department of Agriculture. The caretaker informs them there is schooling for the children and dances every Saturday night (the best in the county). At Uncle John's, we see the Joads' sitting around eating breakfast and discussing the upcoming trip.
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