redone Chapters 14-16: "This is the beginning - from 'I' to 'we.'"

Steinbeck is saying that the people are starting to run low on fuel to life. The people are starting to come together in hopes that working together will give them a better chance to get their lives back on track. The longer and longer they wait the more and more they lose. The people that say their pride gets in their way of working with others or moving out west are the ones that fall first. The journey western must be a slow and hard one, but because of the difficulties they face on the way their they will be stronger and able to handle their new life in California

There are two truck drivers at a restaurant. One of them is new. He is learning that working with others is the easiest way to make it through hard times. They were talking and mentioning that there are more and more people driving west. I think Steinbeck made sure to say that the one car that was speeding to get out west was the one that crashed. He wanted to re-amp his earlier argument that slow and steady wins the race. "They don't see a chance till we get rid of that fellow in the White House." (pg. 156).This shows that even though the people are not alike they still have a common dislike that brings them together. Working with others and doing it slowly might not be what the people want to do, but it is what they have to do. The Joad family is already working with another family, the Wilkins. They thought the more the merrier. That is why that let Casy come with them as well. It seems to me that the Joads are helping the Wilkins out more than the Wilkins helping the Joads, but it does not matter as long as they get their. Casy was talking about the Wilkin's broken car and said “ funny how you fellas can fix a car. Jus' light right in an' fix her. I couldn't fix no car, not even now when I seen you do it.” (pg 185) This shows that everyone has their advantages. That is why working with others on the journey will help in the long run.