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This is a quick book summary of The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. This channel discusses and reviews books, novels, and short stories through drawing...poorly.
Transcript: This is a story about a man named Tom Joad, a ex-convict recently released from prison for killing a man with a shovel while being stabbed. While hitchhiking to his father’s cotton farm in Oklahoma, Tom meets Casy, his childhood preacher who has since left the church.
When they arrive at the farm, they see that it is abandoned and the land has been worked over by a tractor. A man named Muley, a local man who knew Tom when he was younger, approaches and explains that most of the families in the area have been forced out by the banks and that Tom’s family has gone to live with his Uncle John.
Tom and Casy walk to Uncle John’s farm and Tom is reunited with his father, mother, grandparents, and siblings. Over breakfast, Tom’s father explains that they were planning on moving to California.
The family packs in the truck, which includes Grandpa, Grandma, Casy, Uncle John, Connie, Rose of Sharon, Al, Noah, Ruthie, Winfield, and Tom. They begin their journey on the road to California on Highway 66.
As the family continues on their journey, they stop on the side of the road to rest and meet the Wilson’s, a husband and wife whose car has stopped working. Grandpa Joad feels sick and dies of a stroke.
As they exit Oklahoma and enter Texas, the car breaks down and needs a new engine part. The rest of the family goes ahead in the truck and rests at a stop, while Tom and his brother, Al, look for a service station. They find a car parts dealer and the one-eyed man sells them the part they need for cheap.
They return to the vehicle and fix it, eventually catching up to the family at the stop. However, at the stop, a man returning from California tells them that workers arriving in California are being taken advantage of because of their desperation. Still, the Joad and Wilson families continue on their journey.
The family drives through Arizona and finally arrives in California, but they still must cross the desert. At a local encampment, Tom’s brother, Noah, decides to stay and the Wilson’s urge the Joad’s to continue without them because Mrs. Wilson is near death. With Grandma Joad nearly dead, the family packs up and makes the final push into California. However, Grandma Joad never sees the orchards and city lights of California, as she dies in the back of the truck.
After burying Grandma Joad, the family settles in an encampment called Hooverville. The collection of tents is full of poor workers and their families, all of which are struggling to eat. Tom meets a man named Floyd who tells him that there is no work in the area and describes how the workers are being taken advantage of because of so few jobs.
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This is a quick book summary of The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. This channel discusses and reviews books, novels, and short stories through drawing...poorly.
Transcript: This is a story about a man named Tom Joad, a ex-convict recently released from prison for killing a man with a shovel while being stabbed. While hitchhiking to his father’s cotton farm in Oklahoma, Tom meets Casy, his childhood preacher who has since left the church.
When they arrive at the farm, they see that it is abandoned and the land has been worked over by a tractor. A man named Muley, a local man who knew Tom when he was younger, approaches and explains that most of the families in the area have been forced out by the banks and that Tom’s family has gone to live with his Uncle John.
Tom and Casy walk to Uncle John’s farm and Tom is reunited with his father, mother, grandparents, and siblings. Over breakfast, Tom’s father explains that they were planning on moving to California.
The family packs in the truck, which includes Grandpa, Grandma, Casy, Uncle John, Connie, Rose of Sharon, Al, Noah, Ruthie, Winfield, and Tom. They begin their journey on the road to California on Highway 66.
As the family continues on their journey, they stop on the side of the road to rest and meet the Wilson’s, a husband and wife whose car has stopped working. Grandpa Joad feels sick and dies of a stroke.
As they exit Oklahoma and enter Texas, the car breaks down and needs a new engine part. The rest of the family goes ahead in the truck and rests at a stop, while Tom and his brother, Al, look for a service station. They find a car parts dealer and the one-eyed man sells them the part they need for cheap.
They return to the vehicle and fix it, eventually catching up to the family at the stop. However, at the stop, a man returning from California tells them that workers arriving in California are being taken advantage of because of their desperation. Still, the Joad and Wilson families continue on their journey.
The family drives through Arizona and finally arrives in California, but they still must cross the desert. At a local encampment, Tom’s brother, Noah, decides to stay and the Wilson’s urge the Joad’s to continue without them because Mrs. Wilson is near death. With Grandma Joad nearly dead, the family packs up and makes the final push into California. However, Grandma Joad never sees the orchards and city lights of California, as she dies in the back of the truck.
After burying Grandma Joad, the family settles in an encampment called Hooverville. The collection of tents is full of poor workers and their families, all of which are struggling to eat. Tom meets a man named Floyd who tells him that there is no work in the area and describes how the workers are being taken advantage of because of so few jobs.
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Paper by Fifty Three was used to make this video.
What True Self, Feels Bogus, Let's Watch Jason X by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Source: chriszabriskie.com/reappear
Artist: chriszabriskie.com
