The Grapes of Wrath #2

In the middle part of The Grapes of Wrath, the Joad family has stopped by at a roadside camp to sleep and eat for the night. During their stay at the camp, the family meets the Wilsons. The Wilsons are a family that is heading west also in search for a new and hopeful life. Granpa has a stroke in the night and he passes away. He died in the Wilson's tent. The men burry Granpa. The Joad family travels with the Wilsons for two days until the Wilson's car broke down. The Joad's are at a camp and Pa is asking around for work. He has a flier and he knows that there is work out west, but the man says that he starved his family to death trying to find work. Within all of this, Noah, Tom's oldest brother decided that he wants to live his life differently, so when the family is by a river, he leaves his family. The Joad family hears about the government camps. The government camps are camps that cost a dollar a week. In the camp, there is runnign water, toliets, bath tubs, and dances every Saturday night. They can work for their pay to stay. The Joad's are not used to this. The take showers everyday. Pa complains that he thinks he smells more because he is cleaner. The Joads love the camp, they are welcomed to the camp, the people are nice, and there is no cops allowed. Soon the Joads run out of money and are forced to leave the camp to get money for food. They heard about work forty miles away and they are heading there. Before this, Connie ran away to study and he left his wife and he unborn child behind. Granma also died. I think she died from all the stress of losing her husband and moving across the country. The family reculantly leaves the camp and goes south to find work and to get food.