Ma Joad: " 'Tommy, don't you go fightin' 'em alone. They'll hunt you down like a coyote. Tommy, I got to thinkin' an' dreamin' an' wonderin'. They say there's a hun'red thousand of us shoved out. If we was all mad the same way, Tommy--they wouldn't hunt nobody down--' She stopped. (...) -tommy: 'you never was like this before!' Her face hardened and her eyes grew cold. 'I never had my house pushed over. I never had my fambly stuck out on the road. I never had to sell -ever'thing-' ".(Steinbeck, pg. 77)
NOTE: This quote shows the beginning of Ma’s changing philosophy. She starts wondering why is it that if they all face the same conditions, why shouldn’t they unite. She starts having revolutionary thoughts; thoughts she tries to keeps to herself for he know they are a danger to herself and eventually her family.
Ma Joad is clear in her position as the basis of the family. And she is sure that the family must stay together to survive. She is shock by the change in her reality, but she accepts it and transforms it to a reasonable and livable situation, for the good and security of her family. Her ideas are all of unity: in an individual way (her family), and a totalitarian way (the entire population that is in her same position). Although she is sure about this she only carries out her family's unity and is not willing to give anything up for it . Ex: She stands up to Pa Joad, not to let the family separate. And she never denies help to someone that needs it.
-- Dani Antillon and Ale Lopez
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Very good entry. I can see why you quoted the entire conversation, every word was obviously important. I insist though that notes should just be reminders, with just a few of your own words I'm sure you would easily be prompted to write the well written pagraph that followed the quote.
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