Eamon’s Reviews > The Grapes of Wrath > Status Update

I finished chapter 4 and read all of chapter 5. Chapter 4 just had a conversation that gave some background information to Tom Joad. Chapter 5 had the owners of the land having a conversation with the tenants about how they’re not making a profit. They tell the tenants that they’ll have to get off the land, so they head for California. Chapter 5 was definitely better than 4 to me.

I only really had time to read one chapter of the grapes of wrath today, that being chapter 3. It was only 3 pages long and it mostly just described a turtle crossing a highway. It was easily the worst chapter so far due to how unnecessary it is. It’s just here to introduce symbolism for the book that could’ve been lumped into another chapter instead of taking up its own entire chapter.

I’ve read the first 2 chapters. Chapter 1 was nothing to right home about since it literally was just describing erosion. Chapter 2 on the other hand had a conversation between the man character Tom Joad and a driver that was pretty engaging and interesting. I’m hoping the rest will be good to!