And all of them was caught in something larger then themselves.” This is the first time we see Steinbeck providing us a different view of the banker. We see the banker as submissive like the truck driver. They don’t want to be cruel creatures but there not giving much of a choice. They’ve no choice but to obey and submit to the orders they were giving. So, their families can eat and sleep at night. They have a boss they have to please so they can keep their jobs. Other economy problem is the car dealership owners. Selling expensive cars to desperate families that are not guarantee to work. They call them jalopies a worn out automobile.
We finally get to meet the whole Joad family. Pa and Ma are the heads of the Joad family. Their eldest son, Noah, has always been slow and quiet. Their teenage son, Al, is more interested in cars and girls than anything else. His knowledge of cars becomes very useful for the family, when traveling west. Their daughter, Rose of Sharon, recently married Connie Rivers and is now expecting her baby. The youngest Joad children, Ruthie and Winfield, are too young to understand everything that is happening. For them, this new life is a big