(Steinbeck, 31) However, his views changed when he came to the conclusion that "maybe [that's] just the way folks is [and] there ain't no sin and there ain't no virtue there's just stuff people do." (Steinbeck, 31 - 32) He spent nights runningg these thoughts through his head until he came to this final conclusion when he realized, "Maybe we been whippin" the hell out of ourselves for nothin"" (Steinbeck, 31), that people simply like to hurt themselves. 4.How do the tractors operate? ... They "puttered while they stood idle; they thundered when they moved, and then set...

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