... this new writing style as his own, especially in The Grapes of Wrath. The Joads, when they initially leave home, are a group of simplistic, animal-like people who barely understand or even realize their plight, but as the story progresses, they begin to grow and adapt to their new circumstances. They evolve from a small, insignificant group of creatures with no societal consciousness into a single member of a much larger family-society ... . Both of them are wounded, Jake physically and Brett Ashley, emotionally. In the novel, Brett says,Oh, Jake, we could have had such a damned good tim...

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