Contrasting_Rich_And_Poor_In_Grapes_Of_Wrath

Contrasting Rich And Poor In Grapes Of Wrath One of the ironies of Steinbeck’s novel, The Grapes of Wrath was that, as Ma Joad said, "If your in trouble or hurt or need -- go to poor people. They're the only ones that'll help -- the only ones."(pg 335) The irony is that if you need something you have to go to the people who have nothing. There are many examples of this in the book. The first example of this is at the truck station in chapter 15 when the restaurant owner and waitress give the family bread at a discounted rate, and candy two for a penny when it is actually nickel candy. The truck drivers then leave large tips to the waitress. Neither the truck driver nor the restaurant owner and waitress are very rich but they are generous anyway. In chapter seventeen the person at the car dump gives Tom and Al things for way discounted rates. Ma Joad is also an example of this. The Joads are poor and yet they give what little they have to the children who need it. They also stay and help the Wilsons when it just slowed them down. Another example is when the small land owner wrath, grapes, people, chapter, take, owners, migrants, land, farmers, waitress, truck, things, rip, rich, poor, owner, off, need, ma, keep, go, example, car, wages, very, tom, tenant, store, steinbeck’s, shows, show, restaurant, rates, profit, prices, price