![]() ![]() Travelling west on highway 66 the Joads meet a couple, the Wilsons, whose car has broken down. ![]() They sell whatever they cannot take with them and then set off. Arriving next at his Uncle’s, Tom discovers that the family bought a truck and are planning to migrate to California for work. Muley tells Tom that his family have moved to his Uncle John’s place having been evicted by the banks like the rest of the local farmers. Tom finds that his old family home has been abandoned and encounters a man called Muley, seemingly the only person left in his village. On the way he meets Casy, the ex-preacher of the community. Tom Joad has just been released from prison and is travelling to his parents’ house in Sallisaw, Oklahoma. This guide uses the Penguin Classics edition of the text published in 2000. ![]()
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