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...them berries stay whaar they'z growin...
...plenty promised in a come-on California handbill. With them - the 13th passenger -goes lanky, philosophizing Preacher Casy, hillbilly Moses turned rustic socialist. Hero of the Joads is tall, homely son Tom, a paroled convict. Heroine is Ma Joad, strong, patient, dreaming of "a white house with oranges growin' around...
...love with her, confessed his literary ambitions and showed her the outline of a novel he was going to write. He had taken a correspondence course in finger printing, but had changed his mind about being a detective. Johnny paid her a heartfelt compliment, called her "a thorn rose, growin' along with the weeds. If it grows by the road, it gits kinda coal-dusty...
...There's one other thing about growin' up in the west instead of in eastern schools, I'd like to mention: out there in the open country you get to know yourself. You go out riding on the plains alone and you realize your short comings; fair play comes natural after awhile. We may be running the Rodeo to make money, but it's a fair contest between ourselves: Last week when we were in New York 21 people were injured and one fellah killed; this is rough enough going so a fellah wants his winnin's rewarded fairly...