Being forced out of one's home isn’t something happy to look upon. At the beginning of the book, when the author introduces the Joad family, the reader instantly learns that they are being evicted from their homeland. The people that hurt the Joads along with the rest of the other farmers in Oklahoma are the landowners. There isn’t anything either side could have done to prevent this event from happening. The landowners had to kick out because they weren't getting paid and in the end, the bank took hold of the property. In this series of events it also forced many others to head west towards California. The long journey on Route 66 from Oklahoma to California is difficult and …show more content…
The employees or owners usually let them get what they need as they continue on with their job until another migrating family arrives. These people don’t help or better the situation the families are in. They just provide the service they work at and go along with their lives. There isn’t anything to justify by these people’s actions, they're just doing their doing their job and going on with their lives. Later, many end up being one of the migrants themselves because their business’ failed. A few different people that the Joads encounter along their journey is people who have helped, hurt or ignored them. Each group type had their own reasons for their actions. Those that did help did it unconditionally. The others were by choice. The examples that were given show different traits and actions of how it did or didn't affect the Joad’s along with other migrating