d, rather a product of it. Human spirit is emphasized in the novel, in that the ownership of the land creates the beauty and simplicity of the tenants. "But it's ours, the tenant man cried." (Steinbeck, 43) The reactions by the men varied, but a general sense of hopelessness and upset was felt by all. The banks in the novel played a vital role in outlining the ugliness of greed in the novel.
             Chapter nine of the novel explains the beauty of mankind. "How can we live without our lives? How will we know it's us without our past?" (Steinbeck, 114) The inability to make definite arrangements
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