... the theme of brotherhood. A logical ending is also used in the novel to suggest the theme of brotherhood. At the end of the novel, Rose of Sharon was the only character who did not complete the cycle of character development. At the beginning she was just concerned about herself and her baby because when a ... car hit the dog, she was worried if witnessing that gruesome event would harm her baby or not. Later in the novel, Rose of Sharon starts to show concern for the family by looking after Tom. After Tom kills the man who killed Jim Casy, Tom needs to hide in the cave. ... for him by...

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... there that they feel their fiduciary troubles will end. Unfortunately for the Joads, California does anything but solve their problems. Tom's grandparents die en route, Tom's younger sister, Rose of Sharon, is pregnant and thinks she might lose the baby, jobs become difficult to find, and all the camps are full of people in similar or worse situations. This new wave ... . He plans on uniting the workers into a union. A long rain floods the region and makes living in their boxcar hard as it could easily by washed away. After Rose of Sharon gives birth to a stillborn child, the Joads decid...

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... like dirty drawers 'mongst nice folks. No. Ain't goin'....Go ri' 'long. I ain't no good. I ain't no good. Jus' a-draggin' my sins, a-dirtyin' ever'body." (305). "For a minute Rose of Sharon sat still in the whispering barn. Then she hoisted her tired body up and drew the comfort about her. She moved slowly to the corner and stood looking down at ... the wasted face, into the wide, frightened eyes. Then slowly she lay down beside him. He shook his head slowly from side to side. Rose of Sharon loosened one side of the blanket and bared her breast. "You got to," she said. She squirmed clos...

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... . They are living out of their boxcar and are being hit with a few majors problems at the same time. The smaller of the two is the problem that Rose of Sharon is in labor. She gives birth just to find out that her baby is already dead. It is shriveled, blue, and lifeless. The larger of the two problems is that ... river swelling from the amount of rain that is falling. If the river swells anymore a massive flood will break out. The rest of the family excluding, ma and Rose of Sharon, all go and try to build a levee to stop the river from washing them away. They get help from many of thei...

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... rain a lot and all of the men must build an embankment to hold back the water. All of the men must chip in or they must all leave. Rose of Sharon goes into labor and has a baby that is born dead because of a lack of nutrients. The next day they decide to find high ground. They find a barn; it is already ... occupied by a boy and his starving father. Rose of Sharon decides to give him some of her breast milk. I would recommend this book to everyone. I believe it to show us very well about all the troubles that our ancestors went ... ...

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... arrest, or the possibility of Muley's life, people move west. Along their journey, the Joad family loses Grandpa and Grandma Joad to strokes, Noah Joad to a nervous breakdown, Rose of Sharon's baby presumably to malnutrition. These were all major characters that contributed significantly to the impact of the story. Steinbeck let us grow to love the Joads and sympathize with the ... ...

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... movie all together for a few seconds. Another of the film's great attributes is its character setup. Most of the characters are meant to represent something. The Pregnant character Rose of Sharon is supposed to Represent hope and new beginning, seeing that she has a baby on the way. Ma and Pa Joad are supposed to represent the old way of life. With ... ...

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