Grapes of Wrath Outline 1-18

Chapter 1 - The land is dying or dead, and it is extremely difficult to grow crops
Chapter 2
1. a. Tom Joad is released from prison
      b. Tom asks a trucker to give him a ride back to his farm
      c. The trucker asks if his family has been kicked off the land

Chapter 3
1. a. A turtle is walking across the highway and is missed by one, but intentionally ran over by another driver
      b. the turtle eventually flips back over and continues on

Chapter 4
1. a. Tom picks up a turtle and meets the old preacher who baptized him, Jim Casy
    b. Jim Casy admits that he gave up preaching because of girls who he would corrupt
2. a. Tom talked bout why he was sent to prison
    b. he was intoxicated and fighting back
3. a. The preacher asks if he can go along with Tom, who agrees
    b. Once they reach the farm no one is to be seen

Chapter 5
1. a. Banks begin evicting people
    b. The homes and farmhouses are destroyed by large vehicles
    c. It is suggested the people migrate to California to seek out work
    d. The drivers are neighbors who are struggling to make a living as well

Chapter 6
1. a. After realizing the farmhouse was abandoned, Muley Graves approaches Tom and Casy
    b. Muley reluctantly tells them that his family went to live with his uncle
    c. They sleep in a cave and hide from police

Chapter 7
1. a. The people are often scammed when buying required parts for cars

Chapter 8
1. a. Joad's parents meet Joad but do not at first recognize him
    b. They fear he broke out illegally and tell the story of pretty boy floyd.
    c. Al and Rose of Sharon are introduced

Chapter 9
1. a. The farmers must sell everything they own to migrate west
    b. No matter what it is they must get rid of it, and for a cheap price

Chapter 10
1. a. The family is about to leave but Grandpa refuses
    b. The family unknowingly gives him sleeping medicine and load him into the truck
    c. They say goodbye to Muley Graves
 
Chapter 11
a. There is a large line of migrant farmers' cars driving down the road
b. Joad is worried and concerned about the well-being and safety of the other cars
c. No one particularly treats the people well

Chapter 12
a. The Joad family stops at a gas station with yellow pumps
b. Their dog is hit by a car which scares Rose of Sharon
c. Rose of Sharon fears that her child may end up the same way

Chapter 13
a. The family argues with a clerk who refuses give gas to beggars
b. grandma and grandpa both become sick

Chapter 14
a. Californians don't understand what has happened to Oklahoma
b. Every ditch is a camp and occupied by the people
c. The people are discriminated against

Chapter 15
a. one of two waitresses refuse to lower the price of bed on the road
b. The other waitress convinces her to lower the price of a loaf of bread
c. She then agrees to give the children two pieces of candy for a rather low price

Chapter 16
a. Ma is reluctant to split the family up
b. The people in the family meet a man returning from California
c. The man and his son tell that the handbills are lies, but the Joads may have a different experience

Chapter 17
a. The Joads decide to move on and see for themselves how California is
b. They encounter another roadside camp that is very poor quality

Chapter 18
a. The Joads find Weedpatch with dances and proper facilities owned by government and ran by a committee
b. A sheriff warns them that there will soon be officers prepared to enter the town fearing that they will create their own laws and begin an uprising