1. I think both of Ma and Rose of Sharon's act during the ending of the book was really courageous. Ma takes action by leading the family to safety into the barn because the water had gotten into the boxcar and it was no longer safe. Rose of Sharon helps feed the dying man. The feeling that I got after reading the end was weird. I didn't know how else to react to that scene. I think her smile was described as mysterious because maybe she had mixed feelings when she was helping the man dying from hunger.
2. For the Joads I see them eventually being able to live in California. They handle challenges by working through them and doing whatever is necessary to survive. The family's character should be very strong because they had to cope with a lot of people they had lost on their journey. They will avoid trouble because they have to focus on earning as much money as they can. If the cops kick out the people in the camps, then they will look for another one like they have several times.
I agree with you on both points. Rose of Sharon is bizarre and the Joads will survive; anything else would be a cruel ending.
ReplyDeleteIt left me with a weird feeling too. Interesting read that the Joads will stay to live in California.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that Ma and R.O.S were courageous, but i still find what they did very creepy. i understand that they did it to save the dying man, but to an extent i find it a little uncomfortable. I think the Joad's will make it. They have made it thus far, and someone i think Tom will find them and eventually they will stay together for the long haul.
ReplyDeleteAs i will agree with the act of her breastfeeding the stranger was courageous, the addition of "mysterious smile" made the whole act downright creepy. I don't think after all she had been through, she would have been sane. I do feel the Joads would persevere however i think they would have eventually migrated back home, as California was not a welcoming place.
ReplyDeleteI believe that what they did was for the right reasons, but I think don't think it was courageous, it was more out of being desperate. They had to leave the boxcar to live because of the flood, and the barn gave them shelter and they could not let the man die there if they wanted to stay there.
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