... ?" and" Tom says, " if I don't, you keep an eye out for Tommy." (Steinbeck, 62) letting Tom know that his family was ok, and later, where they were. The difference between being the hunter and being hunted is when you"re "huntin" somepin your strong but when you get hunted - sompin happens to you you aint" strong; maybe your fierce, but you ain't strong [you ... crowdin" a fella outa bed I ain't a-goin." (Steinbeck, 152) No one truly at heart wishes to leave home, but the option is not available to them, unless the life they choose is one like Muley's. Tom's philosophy for dealing with t...

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