In Chapter 29, there is a comparison made between how the owners of the farms treat their horses and the migrant workers.
" Fella had a team of horses, had to use 'em to plow an' cultivate an' mow, wouldn'
think a turnin' 'em out to starve when they wasn't workin'. Them's horses—we're men. "
This made me think of our present society. There are plenty of people that are homeless and very few citizens help them out, yet there are thousands of people who donate money to animal shelters and volunteer to help them. Yes, there are people who do both, but it is not uncommon to see that people feel more sympathy for mistreated animals than they do for homeless, jobless humans.
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