Discussion

Thesis: This chapter foreshadows the struggles that the Joad family will face, and symbolizes all of all of the harships and dangers that people of this era had to trudge through every day. The mood is dark because the turtle is in a harsh environment with many dangers and obstacles. The tone is realistic because it explains the events that unfold are realistic to the life of the farmers. The language is allusive because it references future events and gives the allusion to the time period. The author uses allusion, simile and personification. Symbols:
 * The concrete road with the tangled dry grass represents the road of life and the difficulties along the way.
 * The grass and oat beards that catch on the dog’s coat represent the elements that pull down the people who are struggling to survive on the road of life.
 * The different pieces that make up the turtle's shell represent all the things that the farmers had to keep them together on their journey.
 * The turtle's hard shelled outside and soft inside represtents the agrarian people who tried to be strong even though they were just ordinary people trying to survive.

Allusions:
 * The journey of many American farmers(The turtle struggling across the road)

Simile- “The back legs went to work straining like elephant legs”
 * The relationship between the poor and the wealthy(The car purposely trying to hit the turtle)

Personification- “Sleeping life waiting to be spread and dispersed” “The sun lay on the grass and warmed it” __Structure of the Chapter__ -The sentences are very long and descriptive to relay the feeling of an endless journey.