TGoW character analysis
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- Created on: 23-01-20 15:27
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- Character Analysis
- Pa Joad
- Supposed head of the family (breadwinner)
- He lets Ma take charge when he no longer knows what to do
- Feels useless without work
- Shows the helplessness of migrant farmers when they have no land or work
- Tom Joad
- Got out of prison and only just managed to find his family before they left
- Tries his best to provide for his family
- He leaves the family to continue Casy's legacy
- He turns to Communism/Socialism and fights for migrant rights
- Casy
- Preacher who went off alone to reassess his sins and his religious sense
- Preacher who wanted to reassess his sins and religious presence
- Despite insisting he's no longer a preacher others still make him pray for them
- Finds his calling in Communism and fighting for the rights of migrant farmers
- Al Joad
- Looks up to Tom, wants to be like him
- Knows about cars - is probably the only thing which allows the Joads to get all the way across to California
- He is the last to leave the family - staying with teh girl he plans to marry
- He chooses to start his own family despite the hopelessness of their situation
- Noah Joad
- Different and distant - Pa believes he damaged him during his birth
- He is the first to leave the family
- Shows the crumbling of the Joads
- Wilsons
- Uncle John
- Infintely guilty after the death of his wife
- Without work he turns to alcohol to get rid of the pain
- Shows the helplessness of the migrant farmer's situation
- Grandma + Grandpa Joad
- Traditional Southerners
- Grandma begs Casy to say grace with them despite his insistence that he's not a preacher
- Both are very linked to the land. Grandpa dies before they leave, and Grandma dies not long after.
- They represent the link between farmers and their natural land.
- Ma Joad
- Keeps her traditional roles - but when everyone falls apart (including Pa) she remains strong
- She remains with the family - never leaves
- Even she works when it comes down to it - she will provide for her family as well as do her traditional jobs
- Rosasharon
- Her child is a symbol of the extreme suffering of the migrant farmers
- Naive at the beginning - believes her and Connie will succeed in California
- At the end she changes and ends up saving another migrant farmer
- She relies on Ma more than others - shows female allegiance
- Symbol of the migrant's naivety
- Pa Joad
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