Chapter 23 starts talking about how people get together and tell stories. I think they do this because they can escape reality by telling stories. "Death was a friend, and sleep was death's brother" I think this was said because they weren't miserable if death or sleep prevailed. Then it compares musical instruments to different things and talked of a dance. I don't understand the end of the chapter when it talks of a preacher and sins.
Chapter 24 begins with everyone getting ready for the "big night." Then there was a meeting for the men committee so nothing bad would happen, like the cops getting in. Rose of Sharon is really sad and scared about everything right now and I feel bad for her because she misses Connie so much. Pa and Uncle John went to a meeting and told of getting a job for 20 cents, which would effect another man because he'd lose his job to Pa and John working for 20 cents. Tom and Jule spotted the men who were going to start a fight so they had guards watching the three men so they didn't start anything. They successfully stopped the fight before it happened. At the end of the chapter, a man has an idea to revolt against everything in California and get a "turkey-shooting club and have meetings every Sunday." This is exactly what the Californians were worried about. This is what they thought would happen, that's why they don't like the Oakies, or want them there.
Chapter 25 talks about all the jobs people have dealing with fruit and how it rots. It also talks of people having to throw fruit out so the price stays up. I think it's rude that they spray kerosene all over it so people don't just take it from the dumps. This is so ridiculous, why don't they just let the fruit go down in price? How can they do this to all the food when they know kids are starving to death? When I read what they do with the potatoes, oranges, and pigs, it makes me mad that they would and could do that.
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I agree that it is very sad that they don't care whether death or sleep comes to them. It shows just how tired they are of not being accepted by the society in California and not having a real home. I think the end about the preachers is just showing that there are a few that still have hope and are trying to live better lives by washing away their sins and starting over.
It made me really angry too when I read about how the people would burn the food and have guards at rivers so people couldn't eat it. How they can let little children starve is beyond me. It's too cruel really to comprehend. Are they really that greedy?
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