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Grampa Joad, a feisty old man who complains bitterly that he does not want to leave his land, dies on the road shortly after the familyâs departure. Dilapidated cars and trucks, loaded down with scrappy possessions, clog Highway 66: it seems the entire country is in flight to the Promised Land of California.
How It All Goes Down. Meet Tom Joad. He's making his way home to Sallisaw, Oklahoma by hitchhiking his way there. He has just spent four years in the McAlester State Penitentiary after killing a man with a shovel, and is on parole. As he approaches his homeland, he comes across Reverend Jim Casy, his childhood preacher.