Grapes of Wrath- Granma Joad

Granma Joad was a true fighter and an inspiration til the end of her life. Even though most of the ideas she inspired were threats and horrible comments about her husband, she did provide them til she died. Granma was the strongest mentally, right behind Ma Joad herself.

Granma went through the most tragedies along the trip because they all applied closely to her. Granma had to go through the miscarriage of Rose's baby, while hoping she would have been alive for another generation to be born. She also had to go through the tragedy of her husbands death and the peace to follow. After Grampa Joad died the truck was a lot quieter without his shouting and rude comments ablaze. The loss of a family member can take a toll on a person, but a loved one is even more tragic. When you lose a spouse you lose a part of yourself. This is because when your husband or wife dies, the person you loved with all your life, the person you married and spent many years with was now gone.

Besides losing her husband and going through Rose's miscarriage she had to deal with a terminal illness that was due to her missing her husband. I call it a terminal illness because after he died she was never her original self again. She was confused and lost mentally the rest of her life and didn't know what to do when the man she loved with all her heart was gone. Unfortunately shortly after they reached California Granma Joad passed away. I repeat myself when I say they weren't able to afford a proper burial so they had to perform their own, out of the respect for her. She was an inspiration to all of the kids and to everyone that met her and she was a great christian woman, that was a great role model when she wasn't yelling and cursing at her husband.

Steinbeck, John. The Grapes of Wrath. New York: Penguin, 2006. Print.