... nothing in order to make it through the hard times (Palmer 2). Young family members often times took to the roads and the rails on their own fearing that they were a burden to be taken care of for their families. The lucky ones met people along the way who felt compassion for the young hoboes traveling on their own and took them ... a raggedy old truck to its limits and with very little room to spare show their love and compassion for others even before beginning their journey by taking the old preacher, Jim Casy, along with them (Hinton 2). The long journey west to California would not...

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