Chapter 23 (pgs 444-451) The mirant people are hungry for more than food. Living life just for the next meal is meager existence. When breaks between jobs are frequent the people create outlets for the misery trying vainy to temporarily numb the pain. Music and alcohol became many people solutions. Without entertainment storytelling and dance became these people only outlet. Preaching grew as people looked for a reason for their starvation and suffering. Chapter 24 (pgs 452 -472) The chapter focused back on the Joads and the night of the camp dance. Tensions are high with the knowledge that the Farmers’ Association plans to infiltrate the dance and start a riot and have the camp shut down by the police. A complex plan is devised to end
