What happens in chapter 22 of Grapes of Wrath?

After leaving the burned out squatter’s camp, the Joads go to a government camp where community-elected officials make camp decisions, create laws, and hand out punishments. The next morning, the Joads’ new neighbors, Timothy and Wilkie Wallace, invite Tom to work with them.

What is the wage that Mr Thomas says he’s forced to pay by the farmers association?

Thomas, tells the men about the Farmers’ Association, which demands that he pay his laborers twenty-five cents an hour and no more.

Why do the Joads leave weedpatch?

Ma Joad sees that the health of each of them is suffering because of malnutrition, and forces the men to confront the problem and make an unwanted decision. Although Weedpatch is the nicest place in which they have stayed since leaving home, the Joads are forced to leave in order to find work (Chapters 22-26).

What does Black Hat suggest and why why doesn’t Steinbeck give this character a typical name?

The town never gave them trouble ever again. A man who is known as Black Hat suggests to the group that they form a union and that they start to arm themselves.

What chapter does Rose of Sharon give birth?

Summary: Chapter 30 Rose of Sharon, sick and feverish, goes into labor.

How does the Grapes of Wrath end?

In Grapes of Wrath, the novel ends quite unexpectedly with the Joad family sheltering in a barn against the flooding rains with a boy and his starving father. Rose of Sharon then has the family and the boy leave the barn and proceeds to feed the starving father her breast milk to keep him alive — and the book ends.

Why does Ma Pierce Rose of Sharons ears?

Rose of Sharon is feeling very low in spirits and worries about her baby being born deformed. She complains about not having milk to drink. Ma tries to lighten her mood by giving her a pair of gold earrings and piercing her ears.

What did Ma and Rose of Sharon do at the dance?

That evening, Ma is able to convince Rose of Sharon to go to the dance by promising that she won’t allow anyone to bother her. At the gate, Tom and Jule, a camper of Cherokee blood, spy three suspicious young men entering. They follow them to the dance floor where they try to start a fight.

What does Uncle John do with Rose of Sharon’s stillborn baby?

Rose of Sharon’s baby arrives stillborn during a great flood, and Uncle John dumps the baby’s corpse into the raging river. She uses her breast milk (which otherwise would have been used to feed the new baby) to help nurse a half-starved man back to life.

Which character accidentally reveals that Tom is in hiding?

When another girl, envious of Ruthie’s treat, picks a fight with her, Ruthie boasts angrily that her older brother has killed two men and is now in hiding. Ma Joad hurries into the woods to warn Tom that his secret has been revealed. Sorrowfully, she urges him to leave lest he be caught.

Who does Carlson think has stolen the Luger pistol?

Carlson thinks that Lennie took it before he left, and the others seem to agree. Carlson came running in. ‘The bastard’s stole my Luger,’ he shouted. Since they have been talking about going after Lennie, it’s clear who Carlson means.

Who really took Carlson’s Luger gun from the bunkhouse?

Although George agrees with Carlson when Carlson says that Lennie was the one who stole Carlson’s gun, it was really George, and not Lennie, who stole it. George lies about the gun because he does not want anyone to know that he came out with the intention of shooting Lennie.

What is the plot of the grapes of Wrath?

Plot Summary. The Grapes of Wrath follows the trials and tribulations of the Joad family as they leave the dust bowl of Oklahoma for a better life in California. The narrative begins with Tom Joad hitchhiking across the Oklahoma panhandle to his parents’ forty-acre farm.

What is the ending of the grapes of Wrath?

In Grapes of Wrath, the novel ends quite unexpectedly with the Joad family sheltering in a barn against the flooding rains with a boy and his starving father. Rose of Sharon then has the family and the boy leave the barn and proceeds to feed the starving father her breast milk to keep him alive — and the book ends.

What does The Grapes of Wrath symbolize?

The grapes of wrath symbolize the fruit that is born of the source of those tribulations, (or the anger, or the hatred), referred to in the story, (or in life, or experiences).