Grapes of Wrath Gender Quotes

'Women and children knew deep in themselves that no misfortune was too great to bear if their men were whole'

'The women went into the houses to their work, and the children began to play, but cautiously at first'

'The men sat in the doorways of their houses; their hands were busy with sticks and little rocks. The men sat still – thinking – figuring'

'The women and the children watched their men talking to the owner men. They were silent'

'They knew that a man so hurt and so perplexed may turn in anger, even on the people he loves. They left the men alone to figure and to wonder in the dust'

'The men were ruthless because the past had been spoiled, but the women knew how the past would cry to them in the coming days'

'Ma looked to Tom to speak, because he was a man, but Tom did not speak. She let him have the chance that was his right, and then she said, "Why, we'd be proud to have you. 'Course I can't say right now; Pa says all the men'll talk tonight'

'And [Ma Joad's] hands were crusted with salt, pink with fluid from the fresh pork. "It's women's work," she said finally'

'Men sang the words, and women hummed the tunes'