... it his front wheel struck the edge of the shell, flipped the turtle like a tiddly-wink, spun it like a coin, and rolled it off the highway." (Steinbeck, 22) How the turtle struggled to cross the road represents the troubles and hardships that the farmer's and their families would endure as the coming of the great migration approached. In chapter seven, the reader is shifted into the mind of a crooked car ... What does that event portend about what lies ahead? The first unpleasant thing to happen on the Joad's family is the death of their dog, which ironically symbolizes the pain to be hel...

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