Observation:)

I am starting to notice that as the story goes on, I guess you could say the "Joad family"( since Jim Casy, and the Wilsons aren't  relatives, although Casy actually known the Joad family for quite a while) anyways, what i've stumbled across is the fact that since the journey to California began, nothing but seperation has occured. Such as: the deaths of both Granma and Grampa, Noah's decision in staying behind with the river, the Wilsons also staying behind( due to Sairy's health), Casy taking one for the team after covering for both Floyd and Tom( since they had an incident with a cop, that could've resulted in jail time for them), and Connie's sudden disappearance ( well technically he told Rosasharn that it was best for him to return home and study tractors), but he still left. Overall, hopefully you get my point when i say that the trip to California sort of caused this whole chain of departed souls..... literally... in some cases... Oh and not to mention that was Ma's fear from the start.