... it comes, and not about tomorrow, today. Ma's burning of the stationary box symbolizes the death of an old life, and the start of a new one. The box contained old documents including "a newspaper clipping on which there was an account of Tom's trial" (Steinbeck, 148) and other memorabilia which she chose to discard. The Grapes of Wrath, Chapters 12-18: The Migration 1.What is the first unpleasant ... event that occurs on the Joad's journey? 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 ironi...

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