Chapters fourteen and fifteen were both "in-between" chapters, as they did not deal with the Joad family. However, I enjoyed reading them as it gave me more insight to life back then. Chapter fourteen deals mainly with how the states are trying to accept the changes with everyone moving around so much. The western states are experiencing the most change, as that is where everyone is moving to. Many people are finding it difficult to accept the revolution and the advances in technology. I think in today's world we still have to make adaptions, but I really have not had to make any real big changes to make my life better. Sure I have had to move a couple of times, but the moves were all when I was younger and the changes did not affect me as much. Therefore, I see a difference in those times as compared to our times. They took change a lot differently than we do today. Most of us just accept change and try to work around it.
Chapter fifteen I found fun to read as there was an extremely large amount of descriptions. Steinbeck is describing a roadside restaurant/diner where many travelers stop to get food and rest. There were lots of descriptions regarding the items on the shelves and mostly the type of people. The owners of the roadside diners must have seen so many different types of people. Just by reading, I found out how differently people do act. Which, I did know somewhat already how desperate or rude people can be, it was still an interesting chapter to read. For instance, some truckers came in, got some pie, and were discussing why so many people were traveling on Route 66. The waitress made the truckers pay full price for everything. Then, a family drove up and the father came into the diner with his two kids. The family did not have that much money. The father asked the waitress for a loaf of bread, so they could split it amongst themselves. At first the waitress said no, but another worker who I think might have been the owner said go ahead and give them a loaf of bread. Then the dad saw his two kids looking at the candy and by Steinbeck's descriptions, I could see the kids in my mind looking longingly at the candy. The waitress gave the man two sticks of candy for a penny when the price was actually one stick for ten cents. The diner reminded me a lot of Cracker Barrel, where we stopped for lunch today while on the road heading to Tennessee. Chapter fifteen showed that there are good people in the world as well as described a roadside diner exceptionally well.
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