In the novel The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, the Joad family are forced to leave everything behind in Oklahoma, to start a journey to California where they thought they could find a better job and home. During their journey to the west, they faced numerous obstacles and challenges. But even at the hardest times, the Joad family continues to demonstrate their endurance, perseverance, and resistance to struggles. In the beginning of the novel, Steinbeck describes a turtle trying to cross the highway but is repeatedly turned back. The turtle is a metaphor of the Joad family’s endurance and a foreshadow of the obstacles that they will face. Even though they encounter hardships such as their land being taken away, the
