... in order to take him along. His bond with the land seemed to be so strong he died when the Joads took him away from his land. After Grandpa died Jim Casey says, "jus" stayin" with the lan". He couldn" leave it" in reference to grandpa's substantial connection to the land which they took him away from. When Grandpa died it ... had positive and negative effects on the family as a whole. With his death came the arrival and the union of the Joads with the Wilson's adhering to Jim Casey's "one big soul" theory. The second death that he used was that of Grandma Joad. Her death was significant...

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