The Joad family is forced from their home when the crops do not grow and money becomes short. ... Ma is one of the first who changes. ... Now through the rest of the book, Ma is the head of the family. She tells the Joads what is going to be done and where they're going. ... However, on the road Ma become stronger than he is and takes control. ...
We then meet Tom Joad who hitchhikes his way home. ... Ma drugs him and they carry him to the car. ... The Joads decide to go on without them to California. ... Ma does not tell anyone of her death until they get out of the desert because she knows they must continue. ... Ma hurries to the cave to tell Tom, he decides that he is going to continue what Jim Casey did. ...
These women of faith were Ma Joad and Mrs. ... Ma and Mrs. ... Ma is a very sensitive woman, and loves her family dearly. ... Despite the Joads family just settling in to that area, it was insisted upon that everything was to be packed up immediately, and they would be on their way before the sun set. ... Bentley and Ma Joad have a story to tell. ...
In the Scene when Tom Joad and Jim Casy are walking to his house, when Tom has just returned from jail, is completely taken over by the scenery. ... Also, when the Joad family finally reaches a farm in which they can find work and they pass through the gathering of fellow migrant workers, even though there is no color you can almost feel the brown dirt in the air and yellow tint to their old clothing. ... Ma and Pa Joad are supposed to represent the old way of life. ...
And there are moments at which Ma Joad and Casy "otherwise such substantial figures "seem to fade into mere mouthpieces, as the author's voice comes through, like another station on the radio (Bloom's 28)."" ... His points could have yielded more credibility if he had included critical details such as a quote from the novel proving his argument in which Ma Joad and Casy were no more than Steinbeck's puppets. ...
