All of us have made journeys at one time or another. They may be from home the grocery store, or from Cape Canaveral to the Moon. Some people must overcome enormous odds to make this journey. For example, Moses needed to cross the Red Sea and many miles of desert while leading his people to the land promised him by God. Drive and fortune are qualities that the Israelites and astronauts must have in order …showed first 75 words of 552 total…

…showed last 75 words of 552 total…selling all they had, the Joads made up space in the cabin of their Hudson Super Six. The Joads incredible ability to overcome all odds and keep going is epitomized in chapter three with the turtle. Steinbeck uses his rendition of facts, the “turtle” chapter, to parallel the Joads’ struggle to reach the Promised Land. Just as the turtle endured, so did the Joads. They never digressed from their strait and narrow path to California.