Character Analysis: The Grapes Of Wrath

hether it be more day-to-day, or expanding over a long period of time, Tom, Casy, and Ma went through many personal struggles. These struggles are brought up in the book, The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. Steinbeck provides many examples of these three characters struggles. The book, The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck, depicts the personal struggles of the migrant worker through the characters of Tom, Casy, and Ma.

The lines “‘The money’s still in the teapot,’ I said. ‘What do you want to do, Dad?’ I asked. “‘Come into the apartment with me and take the money?’” reveals that Ashes hesitates about the idea and questions her father. His response, “‘Oh no,’ he said, and he looked really shocked. ‘I would never steal from your mother. I’ve caused her pain enough.’” tries to convince Ashes that what he is doing isn’t bad and he wouldn’t do something like that. Not only that but the line, “‘And I swear to you, Ashes, I’d have the money in your hands by Friday at the latest.’” which furthers the idea that manipulation from someone you should be able to trust can be

Me and your dad discussed it,’” (Morgan 162-163). Johanna had dropped out of school to go and become a writer for a music magazine. She just started off her job and noticed how heavy they paid their employees at the magazine company, and with Johanna living in a poor third class home with her four siblings, she wants to help out. Due to Johanna leaving school, her parents become very nervous for her future.

Ashleigh did not take her mom’s money because her dad lied to her about what the money was for. At first when her dad told her about the money he told her “ “I have a chance at something really big,” he said.”[Pfeffer pg.2]. There was no chance at “something really big” he lied

Plot The Grapes of Wrath follows the trials and tribulations of the Joad family, a struggling group of farmers in Oklahoma after the devastating drought that created the Dust Bowl. Thanks to this natural disaster, the family can no longer support themselves through agriculture and must leave their home. Like many other families at the time, the Joads hear rumors of California having jobs, so they set out for California in search of a more promising future. The Joads experience many difficulties, deaths, and stops along the way, seeing all the different methods and solutions people have to cope with the Great Depression.

Her mom and dad wouldn’t have done it if she hadn’t been so adamant to getting answers on who her father was. She did a lot of things to get to her father. Including talking to Mike Sutton, finding the box in the gross hole in the floorboards, and never giving up. She really wanted them back together. She did so many things to prove that. “I’ll wait all day to do it if I have to.”. That shows that she would wait as long as she had to. Even going to the mean Mr. Sutton’s house, and going off with a person she barely even knew. Her brave and determined mind made her a hero.

“The teapot was right where it belonged, I lifted its lid, and stared at her emergency money.Her earthquake money.What should I do?” (Pfeffer 4). Ashleigh is a 13 year old girl living with her mom in London, England and her dad picks her up on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons because her parents divorced each other when she was 6. Ashleigh’s dad seems to owe $200 and he thinks Ashleigh stealing her moms emergency money is the only way to get it fast and he promised to give it back before she notices.In the story “Ashes” Ashleigh didn’t take the money from her mom because she was hesitant about the decision, her dad can’t keep promises, so she thinks he won’t give it back, and she just wants to go against everything her mom does.

In chapter one of the Grapes of Wrath, Steinbeck paints a picture of the severe weather occurring throughout Oklahoma and its harsh affects on the farms and farmers. In the third chapter the he gives a symbolic story of a turtle who is trying to cross a road but then is purposely hit by a driver. The turtle lands on its back and then has to greatly struggle to cross the road. The harsh weather and the mean driver both represent the hardships in life that come as a result of outside forces that cannot be controlled by an individual (Steinbeck, 1939). This idea is discussed in chapter one of Poverty and Power by Edward Royce. Royce talks about how the hardship of poverty is not due to an individual 's lack of ability or effort but rather economic, political, cultural, and social forces and structures beyond one 's control (Royce, 2015). The various forces and structural forms of poverty and inequality that are discussed in the text Poverty and Power, can be seen in The Grapes of Wrath as the Joad family 's poverty, inequality, and overall hardships are a result of various systems.

“Listen to your elder’s advice. Not because they are always right but because they have more experiences of being wrong…” -Anonymous. Ashleigh  loved her dad a lot and she listened to what he had told her about taking the money from her mom. Ashleigh’s parents were divorced and Ashleigh noticed many good and bad qualities about them. Her dad was in a little bit of money trouble and asked Ashleigh if she would take her mom’s emergency money. Ashleigh stole her mother’s money because she wanted to help her dad out, her dad had told her there was nothing wrong with taking the money, and she knew her dad loved her and she loved him to.

At the end of Ashes a teen girl is confronted with a choice of helping her dad of helping her mom Ash(leigh) is a teenage girl with divorced parents. To make matters worse, she is an only child. Dad is Ashes father. He's a big dreamer, hopes that things go right, and he tries to stay calm in bad situations. He likes to see the glass half full. Mom overactive loves to plan and think things through sees the glass half empty. Ash took the money for her dad because her dad had done so much for her, he would get the money back in one week, and nothing could go wrong in the time.

Scarlett wanted to confirm the news about Ashley's engagement. She waited for her father's coming back hoping he could give her a good news to push aside the suspicion cloud. However, she got neither the good news nor the support from old O'Hara.

Ashleigh thinks her mom will find out she is stealing because she kept on questioning her dad. This is because that she doesn’t want to do the wrong thing. In the text it says “ Mom’ll be home soon.” this means that Ashleigh is scared of her mother finding out so, Ashleigh’s mom must be brutal on punishments. But if Ashleigh’s mom finds out that she is stealing for her

When she used all saving money to buy marijuana, she started to steal money from her parents, cousins, and siblings. It felt like that goal of her life was just smoke marijuana and do nothing. When her parents caught her stealing money, she bravely told her parents that she is stealing money because she wants to buy marijuana. She even did not feel ashamed that she is telling her parents that her

Ashleigh asks “ What do you want to do, Dad?”...”Come into the apartment with me and take the money?” (Pfeffer 4). She asks what he wants to do because she's wondering if they could actually get away with it. She wants to see if it's something that she would actually go along with. Ashleigh asks “ You'll be able to pay her back by Friday?” ( Pfeffer 4 ). She asks when he will pay her back so her mother won't notice. She wants to make sure that her mother won't notice so Ashleigh won't get in trouble for it.. So she needs the money back as soon as possible. Ashleigh says “ That's a lot of money. What if Mom finds out ?”( Pfeffer 4 ). SHe asks what will happen if her mother finds out so she knows what will happen. She wants to make sure that if her mother does notice the money missing that she won't get blamed. This is why Ashleigh stole the money because she thinks her dad will pay her

However Ash was pretty smart himself, and he had Vince and Debbie helping him. Vince because he one of Ash’s best friends, his older sister Debbie, not so much. But… Ash studied people like móðir taught him. So he promised Debbie a sleep over for Vince at his house, the next time she had to babysit but wanted to go out with her friends. But he didn’t sign anything, because daddy always said paper trails were a bad word.