Tom Buchard Quotes

At the onset of the book, Young Tom has just been released from prison and is interested in making up for lost time and enjoying himself. He is a strong family support during the journey but is among the first to begin reaching out to a larger family. At the end he has focused on the plight and abuse of all the homeless farmers and recognizes that they must

Tom is envisioned as Puck in his role, from A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Tom is a unique individual, compared to Puck, he has similar magical powers. Tom has the ability to transform people by reviving love, can enliven people to a new insight on reality. The utmost evident example of his power is his task in the recovery of Coral, as he was the only one to foresee Coral as Kim Novak. “I knew who she was the second I saw her” (Act 4, Scene 2). Tom’s warmful attitude and friendly manner towards Coral has led to her confiding in him. He has

Tom never does anything without doing it to the fullest, good or bad. Tom has an overall extremely short temper, assertive,confident and aggressive nature. Tom’s wild, emotional, and uncaring attitude end up getting three people killed. Tom in the end is ultimately concerned with himself and his lavished ,intense, and high paced

Tom takes a big step forward in overcoming the adversities he’s faced with, showing that he’s maturing and making steady way through his journey of growing into the wider world.

Tom Joad lives his life with the “one foot before the other” type of attitude. The future does not concern him in the beginning of the novel. He does not think about the next day until the next day is there. He does this because he does not want to worry himself. He is afraid that if he becomes worried about his future, then he will become obsessed with it and will eventually be driven to insanity. As the novel went on, Tom realized that it was he that held his family together and provided the determination and support to keep going on. He possesses the skills and knowledge to make money on his own, but he decides to stay with his family and help them move along. The Joad family encounters many dilemmas where Tom has to make crucial decisions. Tom starts to realize what is best for his family’s future.

As the novel progresses, Tom transforms from this selfish nature to become a caring person. Several examples of this transformation are seen throughout various chapters. When the Joads are traveling west to California with the Wilson’s, Tom offers to help them when their car breaks down. “Tom said nervously, ‘Look Al. I done my time, an’ now it’s done… Let’s jus’ try an’ get a con-rod an’ the hell with the res’ of it.’” Tom is showing a little more care for other people’s problems, however, he still has a selfish side because he still does not regret killing a man. He knew he had to pay for it by going to prison, but he still believes he did nothing wrong by taking a man’s life. By offering to help out with the Wilson’s’ car, he is on his way to becoming a less selfish person. As the book draws to a close, Tom stumbles upon Jim Casy again, who is murdered in front of his own eyes. As a result, he is thrown into a silent rage and kills another man which causes him to hide in the forest. He realizes that he is a danger to his family, so he sacrifices his safety in order for his family to be safe. ‘“Ya can’t do that, Ma. I tell you I’m jus’ a danger to ya,”’ (391). There is a clear transition from Tom acting selfish at the beginning of the book to him acting completely selfless at the end. This selflessness also contributed to him being a figure committed to bettering the

I am not a witch.but I wish I was .if I could live I'd be a witch now after what they've done.i'd make wax men and melt them on a slow fire. I'd kill their animals and blast their crops and make such crops and make such storms. I'd wreck their ships all over the world. I shouldn't have been fightened of Ellen, I should have learnt. Oh if I could meet with the devil now I'd give him anything if he'd give me the power. There's no way for us except by the devil. If I only did have magic, I'd make them feel it(20 /59)

Within the second trimester of the novel it is evident that new experiences have further enhanced Tom’s movement past hardship and into a world happier than he had perviously subdued. Through acceptance of his new world forced upon him, Tom has improved physically. As Tom becomes physically active again he enriches his understanding of self, and his place in the world. “You know, Dan, they really enjoy playing. It’s not just about winning”. Burke uses dialogue to present that Tom has accepted the new word and in doing so, has grown not only physically but mentally as well. Through this Burke portrays yet another positive consequence of moving into the world.

As the novel begins, Tom has a completely independent outlook on life; concerned only with returning home from prison to indulge his own comforts and wants. It is only later after he has endured the hardships of the journey, in Jim Casy’s death, and his own exile, that he has time to think and realizes that it is united we stand, and divided we fall. He thus sacrifices his personal concerns and safety and leaves the family to go out into the larger community and help his people. He will go out and work to complete what Jim Casy had started. Whereas Jim Casy was too much of an idealist, Tom will try and put his plan into action: “Wherever they’s a fight so hungry people can eat, I’ll be there. Wherever they’s a cop beatin’ up a guy, I’ll be there.” (537)

Also, I used “The Power Cannon” as a nickname because Tom has a lot of strength and he plays sport. “No one would suppose it but I am naturally bashful because I seek for an argument.” I used this quote for him because I believe it fits his character. I put him in the debate club because he starts arguments and strongly voices his opinion. Having Tom be in football is an obvious choice because it said in the book that he played that sport before. The color red is associated with danger, strength, power, desire, and love that's why I have it as Tom’s favorite color. Steak is Tom’s favorite food is because it has protein and protein helps with muscles. I said Tom seeing his father abuse his mom impacted him because it made him think it’s okay to be aggressive towards people. The reason I said what’s so important to him is himself is that tom only cares about himself. I said his plans after high school are to attend Yale and play football there because that’s what actually happens. Tom is most likely to be a player because he has plenty of relationships with different

Even though Tom is now aware of his origin it does not ultimately change all of his behavior and attitude or as it is described in the book “In several ways his opinions were totally changed,…, but the main structure of his character was not changed and could not be changed”. This condition only lasted for a certain period of time until he “dropped gradually back into his old frivolous and easy-going ways…” p.57 A similar thing happens to Chambers by the end of the story after Tom has gotten convicted to murder and Pudd’nhead Wilson has found out about the real identities of Tom and Chambers. Being a free man, the original Tom does not know how to deal with this situation because “his manners were the manners of a slave”. He did not learn how to write or to read, nor did he spend much time somewhere else but in the kitchen.

Through the book tom has a lot of changes and the changes are for the better. Tom used to be lazy and not responsible and over all bad. But he changed and became a better person.

Tom Joad from the beginning of the novel can be seen as a very introverted character who seems to only be worried about his family and himself. In the second chapter we see Tom for the first time

Tom’s personality can be divided into two main parts. The first “give(s)…truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion” and speaks in vague details while the other side speaks bluntly and leaves no room for misinterpretation. Both parts are vital to Tom as a character since they show that he is a true three-dimensional character rather than a simple representation of a single

In the beginning of the book, Tom is very immature. He picks fights and tricks people. In chapter one, Tom taunts a new boy and fights with him for no reason other than he wants to. The new boy was pretty immature too, but Tom was the challenger. He tries to trick his Aunt Polly into thinking he didn't skip school and go swimming by by re-sewing his shirt collar together after he took it off (Twain, 2). His half-brother, Sid, calls him on it and Tom gets in trouble. To get back at Sid, he throws mud at him.