Exploartion 6

I am really invested into Tom Joad because he really shows his true colors when he talks to other people. He was really mad when the policeman arrested Floyd Knowles. I empathize with ma Joad the most because she has to keep everyone in line and has to feed everyone. Sometimes she doesn't have enough food for everyone but she cannot do anything about it.

The most important challenge in this chapter was when the policeman arrested Floyd and warned the camp that he will burn it. It was a challenge because the family wanted to stay there a little bit longer and get everything together. Another challenge that the family faced was that the police arrested anyone who resisted. Floyd explains why the police arrest people for no reason when he says, “Sherriff gets seventy-five cents a day for each prisoner,an’ he feeds ‘em for a quarter. If he ain’t got prisoners, he don’t make no profit” (Steinbeck 271).

Police abuse in the 1920s was a normal thing because everybody did it and the people were scared to rebel. It doesn't happen as much now because there are rules and regulations that people follow. People can rebel against the police not be “executed”.