How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
[a tire salesman on Highway 66:] "Well, try to get some freedom to do. Fella says you're jus' as free as you got jack to pay for it." (12.18)
The angry man at the campsite argues that even your freedom doesn't count for much in California. Even your role as a citizen in America will be questioned, disregarded, and reinterpreted.
Quote #5
[Rose of Sharon:] "Maybe right at first while Connie's studyin' at home it won't be so easy, but – well, when the baby comes, maybe he'll be all done studyin' an' we'll have a place, little bit of a place." (16.11)
Rose of Sharon is concerned with the appearance of what she hopes her life will be in California. Did the yellow pamphlets promise houses and money enough to go to the movies? If they did not promise all of these things, were the Joads and other families really so deceived? Perhaps these families deceived themselves.
Quote #6
Ma suddenly seemed to know it was all a dream. She turned her head forward again and her body relaxed, but the little smile stayed around her eyes. "I wonder how Granma feels today," she said. (16.14)
How does Ma suddenly seem to know it was all a dream? What about her conversation with Rose of Sharon (in which Rose of Sharon talks about how delicious her life will be in California) triggered this realization, and why doesn't Ma tell Rose of Sharon not to have such high hopes?