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Drought (Dust Bowl)
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Tom Joad Released
Released after four years of prison after being convicted of manslaughter. He comes out of prison as a new man. He lives in Oklahoma with his family. He has no idea of the dust bowl. -
Tom meets Jim Casey
He meets Jim at a roadside diner and Hitches a ride to his family's farm -
The Farm is Abandoned
"Everyone has been 'tractored' off their land" -
Tom Goes to His Uncle's House
He finds his Ma, Pa, Aunt, and Uncle. Finds berry picking brochure for California. -
Trip to Cali.
The Joads start the 2 month trip from Olahoma to Cali. -
R.I.P. Grandpa
About 2 months into the trip Grampa Joad dies in the Willson's tent. He was the happiest and his death foreshadows what's waiting for the rest in the "promised land". -
R.I.P. Sairy Wilson
Near the border of Cali. she dies. -
The Cali. Markets Crash and a Death
160 people show up for one job. Later Granma Joad dies. -
The Camps are crowded
Too many people and new ones are named "Okies". -
Goodbye Camp
The camps are burned down after the Okies are starved and poor. Tom trips the sheriff and Casey kicks him to knock the sheriff out. Casey gets arrested. -
Hello Government Camps
Friendlier camp. The police plan to riot and Tom tells the men in the camp. Weedpatch camp. -
Decay
The crops are decaying and rotting away. This is harming other crops which causes a lot of debt. Because there is no profit from crops people are getting rid of it to keep the price up while many are starving. -
Peach Picker
The Joads leave the camp and go to a new Peach camp. They receive a steady pay and more to end a strike. The strike is being led by no other than Jim Casey. -
R.I.P. Casey
Two policemen find Casey and Tom. One calls Casey a communist and when he protests, smashes his skull with a pick axe. Then Tom kills him and someone hits Tom and he flees. -
The Cotton Fields
The Joads leave the peach farm to pick cotton to get Tom out of there because he's in trouble. -
Hiding
The Joads go to the cotton field and live in a boxcar with the Wainwrights, while Tom goes into hiding in a culvert. -
Tom Lives Casey's Dream
Tom heads off to fulfill Jim’s dream of organizing the migrant workers -
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Rain
Rain flooded everything. -
The Baby is Born
Rose of Sharon has her baby, but it is a still born. The baby is sent in a coffin downstream. -
The Barn
On the 6th day of rain, most of the Joads head to a dry area which is a barn. They find a dying father, and a son. Rose of Sharon ends up breast feeding the starving man.