I feel so bad for the Joad’s family. They have to go through so much, but this is a test. God is testing them to see if they can make it through the tough times. This also brings me back to chapter 3 about the turtle. That turtle symbolized the struggle that the Joad’s will face. The turtle never gave up and the Joad’s won’t give up either; even though they might lose people on the way. I’m surprised that Casy sacrificed his life for Tom. I don’t think I would have done that. I mean you come all this way to better your life, but you decide to fix someone else’s before yours. That doesn’t make any sense to me. Connie didn’t really leave. He probably just took a walk to clear his mind because he’s so stressed out. In the next chapters, I predict that Connie and Casy will come back. I also believe that the Joad’s will escape this place and they’ll take everyone that’s there at camp with them.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Chapter 20 Journal
Bellotta Yambuya 2-15-11
Chapter 20 Journal
Dear Journal,
Jus when I thought everything was gonna be better, it ain’t. Everything goin’ downhill. We finally reached California an’ it ain’t nothin’ they said it was gonna be. Everyone livin’ in tents not knownin’ where they at. Mr. Knowles told us that they ain’t got no jobs out here. Everything that was written in the handbill was a lie. I can’t believe this; all of our dreams are crushed. For some reason I feel like I might get caught. Someone might find out that I wasn’t ‘pose to leave the state. I’m getting kind of worried. I’m also worried about grandma’s body. She died unfortunately an’ we ain’t have money to bury her so we left her body at the coroners. I think everyone knew that she wouldn’t be able to live without her husband. Casy got arrested for something I did. I can’t believe he sacrificed his life for me. Now that he’s gone we all feel sort of weird without him. Even though he wasn’t a priest, he still have us a sense of hope. Connie jus’ left; nobody knows where he went an’ he left his pregnant wife. I hope he come back. I really believe that nothing is going to turn out good, but all we can do is hope for the best.
- Tom
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