In hard times many people feel they are being wronged whether it’s about their race, gender, or employment. This often leads to a unification of like minded individuals looking to change the things they feel are unsuitable for others and their own life. A leader of social justice who fought for the rights of the people was young mother, Ella May Wiggins. She died standing strong in her beliefs on the rights of workers and the standards at which their jobs should be held. She is not unlike the Grapes of Wrath of character Jim Casey who shared her beliefs on the people's right to fairness. Although the two lived the peak of their lives in different eras, the hardships of their lives compare in many ways. Ella May Wiggins experienced many tragedies
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Aside from the basic needs that keeps many paycheck to paycheck, accounting for illness, injuries, etc requires a very steady income. Throughout the Grapes of Wrath we watch the Joads make sacrifices along the way and even as their family shrinks they still struggle to support all of their needs. Pregnant Rose of Sharon claims she needs milk to help her baby, as does Winfield after eating peaches and getting “skitters”. Granma was in need of serious medical attention, but passed before she could be helped. Ella May Wiggins was a mother of nine children who required constant support. Family Members recall medicine being a necessity she could not afford, ultimately leading to the death of four of her children. She weeped over her dead baby the way Ma Joad mourned over Granma. The Wiggins and Joad families suffered many losses and abandonment. The Joads consistently lose one after another family member on the way to California and the original fourteen go down to six. Connie decides to desert his pregnant wife, Noah decides to go on his own, Casey lets himself go to jail, Tom goes into hiding, and Al decides to stay behind with his new fiance Aggie. Some losses were more selfish than others, and some, like Tom, had no choice but to leave. Ella May Wiggins was in the same boat and had no choice in abandoning her children. Obviously she did not mean to get shot on purpose but it still resulted in her five remaining children to be sent to orphanages. Many losses has yet to discourage either family and impressively they carry on, a lesson important to
Aside from the basic needs that keeps many paycheck to paycheck, accounting for illness, injuries, etc requires a very steady income. Throughout the Grapes of Wrath we watch the Joads make sacrifices along the way and even as their family shrinks they still struggle to support all of their needs. Pregnant Rose of Sharon claims she needs milk to help her baby, as does Winfield after eating peaches and getting “skitters”. Granma was in need of serious medical attention, but passed before she could be helped. Ella May Wiggins was a mother of nine children who required constant support. Family Members recall medicine being a necessity she could not afford, ultimately leading to the death of four of her children. She weeped over her dead baby the way Ma Joad mourned over Granma. The Wiggins and Joad families suffered many losses and abandonment. The Joads consistently lose one after another family member on the way to California and the original fourteen go down to six. Connie decides to desert his pregnant wife, Noah decides to go on his own, Casey lets himself go to jail, Tom goes into hiding, and Al decides to stay behind with his new fiance Aggie. Some losses were more selfish than others, and some, like Tom, had no choice but to leave. Ella May Wiggins was in the same boat and had no choice in abandoning her children. Obviously she did not mean to get shot on purpose but it still resulted in her five remaining children to be sent to orphanages. Many losses has yet to discourage either family and impressively they carry on, a lesson important to