... . Ma Joad, Tom's mother, was the one who kept the family together. Tom tired to leave at times early on in the story, but she kept him around. Even after Grandma and Grandpa Joad's death, she kept the family together. As Pa starts to dwell in a depression, she rises as the head of the family, and at the very end she ... jail, when really he got out on parole. Moreover, Tom finds out that his sister, Rose of Sharon, is married to a guy named Connie and is pregnant. Right before supper, Grandma Joad, a devoutly religious woman, has Casy bless the food even though he is not a preacher. The ...

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... efforts, John still is not able to console himself. When they get to Uncle John's house, Tom reunites with his family. Pa and Ma Joad are also there, along with Grandma and Grandpa Joad, and his brothers. Ma and Pa do not notice that Tom is there until he tells them that he is on parole. Ma is worried that prison ... in desperate need of medial attention. He therefore let's them cross into the valley. Later, Ma tells the family that Grandma has been dead, even before the inspection. Because Ma and Pa Joad do not have enough money for a burial for Grandma Joad, they drop her body off in ...

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