Hey folks,

There will not be a new question for Friday. We will do our discussion questions at Dilluso's. Remember to be there, the downtown location, at 8:00. In the meantime, if you failed to do the other blog entries, get on it!

Now that you have been introduced to more of the Joad family(including friends), take time to reflect on each of the characters and what you think they night bring to the plot.

Pick three of the characters (anybody other than Tom) and describe them with as much detail as possible. You can make inferences about their personalities from their actions.

Welcome to the Grapes of Wrath Blog. Remember, for full credit you must reference the novel.


What does the setting of the opening scene suggest about the rest of the novel? What does it suggest about family structure?

Animals play an important symbolic role throughout this novel. What important qualities does the land turtle have as described in Chapter 3?