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"The Grapes of Wrath" Family Tree

By: Cole Massey

Jim Casy

Granma & Grampa

"I was a preacher," the man said seriously."Reverend Jim Casy..." "Just Jim Casy now. Ain't got the call no more. Got a lot of sinful idears- but they seem kinda sensible."

Represents: How no one can really change who they are. often Jim is asked to say a prayer, or something religious, and though he always declines at first, he eventually gives in and says a few words. Grampa even says, "Once a fella's a preacher, he's always a preacher. That's somepin you can't get shut off."

Grampa: "A lean, ragged, quick old man." "His was a lean excitable face with little bright eyes as evil as a frantic child's eyes."

Granma: "Behind him hobbled Granma, who had survived only because she was as mean as her husband."

Represent: The past. They hold firm to the old ways, how things used to be. For example, when the whole family is packed up to leave their farm, Grampa stubbornly refuses to go.

Uncle John

"Nearly all the time the barrier of loneliness cut Uncle John off from people and from appetites...He hid from people and by gifts tried to make up to all people for himself."

Represents: Seeker of forgiveness. John blames himself for the death of his wife, since she was in pain but he didn't call a doctor, even when she asked, so he tries to be generous to all. But sometimes his depression gets the best of him. "Then he would eat craved food until he was sick; or he would drink jake or whisky until he was a shaken paralytic with red wet eyes."

Pa

"Stomach and hips were lean, and legs, short, heavy, strong. His face, squared by a bristling pepper and salt beard, was all drawn down to the forceful chin..."

Ma

"Her hazel eyes seemed to have experienced all possible tragedy and to have mounted pain and suffering like steps into a high calm and a superhuman understanding. She seemed to know, to accept, to welcome her position, the citadel of the family, the strong place that could not be taken.

Represents: Leadership. Pa is often the first person looked to when trying to decide matters of the whole family, such as where they will go next, or when they will leave. However, he is often ashamed because Ma often asserts more power, and his decisions are overruled. After Ma gives her opinion on whether Casy should be allowed to come along, in which she makes much better points about it than he does, it says, "He had twisted his neck to look up at her, and he was ashamed. Her tone made him ashamed.

Represents: The "rock" of the family, the one who all depend on to stay optimistic and determine when they are finished. In the story it says, "And since old Tom and the children could not know hurt or fear unless she acknowledged hurt and fear, she had practiced denying them in herself."

Winfield

Ruthie

Rosasharn

Al

Tom

Noah

"There was a balanced, careful, wise creature who smiled shyly but very firmly."

"Ruthie, dressed in a real pink dress of muslin that came below her knees, was a little serious in her youngladiness."

"Winfield was still a trifle of a snot-nose, a brooder back of the barn, and an inveterate collector and smoker of snipes."

"I never let nothin' get by when I could catch it. An' I never had no idears about it except I was goddamn glad when I got one."

"Walking always with wondering look on his face, calm and puzzled. He had never been angry in his life. He looked in wonder at angry people, as normal people look at the insane."

"He came into the yard with a swaying strut like that of a rooster about to crow. Cockily, he walked close before he recognized Tom; and when he did, his boasting face changed, and admiration and veneration shone in his eyes, and his swagger fell away."

Represents: The future. Rosasharn, or Rose of Sharon, is a young girl who is pregnant. She also shows the rapid change in a person when they are given a large responsibility. The story says, "Her round soft face... had already already put on the barrier of pregnancy... her whole body had become demure and serious."

Represents: The younger generation. Ruthie is a twelve year old girl who, along with brother Winfield, is childish and daring, though usually not without a sense of accomplishment or egging on. Near the middle of the story, the reader is told, "Her courage was not strong without Winfield to boast for."

Represents: Along with Ruthie, the younger generation. Winfield is 10 years old, younger than Ruthie, and is more of a curious troublemaker, always trying to get some enjoyment out of a situation. Near the end of the book, after Ruthie has done something bad, Winfield almost immediately tells Ma, and soon asks, "Whyn't ya whup her, Ma? ...Go on, give her a whup."

Represents: Justified troublemaker. He often resorts to violence or hostility when he is opposed, but only when he knows that he or his family are getting the bad end of a bargain. For instance, before the time where the story takes place, Tom was put in prison for killing a drunk man who had tried to stab him, and he says that he would do it again.

Represents: The calm and collected person. Noah is one who has no problems that affect him, which is often seen as odd by others. In the story, it says, "Noah moved slowly, spoke seldom, and then so slowly that people who did not know him thought him stupid. He was not stupid, but he was strange."

Represents: Pride, boastfulness. Al often tries to keep a good popularity for himself, although he does know when he is outmatched. The story says, "Al knew that even he had inspired some admiration among boys of his own age because his brother had killed a man.

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