Surname 2
Class relations are also governed by the level of education that a certain people have.
Since the family farm was in the rural area, their access to education was limited, constricting
the options that the children had in terms of goals and dreams. In contrast to the Shawnee
Land and Cattle Company, they offered no defense legally since their land had been taken,
forcing them to be squatters in their own homes. Since the owners of the company have been
educated and trained in order to survive in the modern urban environment, they inadvertently
hold the power over their fate and lives. This is seen in their act of hiring a local boy to knock
down the houses of local people such as Muley Graves who happens to be hiding out in the
Joad house farm. Eventually, these conditions force the family to cradle into one car and
migrate in search of better opportunities while the upper class citizens who have power are in
charge of their own fate since they have the resources to live within their means. Instead, the
family seeks out opportunities in California, despite their large size and unjustified hopes.
The reality displayed in the movie is largely accurate, especially the economic
conditions that governed the time. Whereas social differences preserved the tastes of the
privileged in society, the Joad clan was forced to experience harsh conditions on the road as
they trekked on towards the American dream. These conditions were so egregious that they
were forced to leave their grandfather after he died with no proper burial. Instead, a note
graced his remains so as to dissuade any notions of homicide that a future traveller stumbling
upon them might have. Similarly, social class differences offer the rich the luxury of grieving
and celebrating their dead through remembering their memories, however, the poor are forced
to move on in order to earn basic commodities to last them through the following day.
Therefore, the sociological question of justice is raised, owing to the basic rights that people
have in society owing to their class and their economic level.
The three migrant camps that the Joads visit offer a glimpse into the human problems
present at the time. Most of the workers they encountered in the first camp were jobless,
hungry and living in shanty houses. This compromised on their cleanliness which served as an
