Quotes From Uncle Joads
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Al Joad
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Tom’s younger brother
Loves girls
Wears big belts and cowboy hats
Looks up to Tom, excited to see him
Worries that car won’t make it
Granma
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Grampa
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Connie Rivers
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Noah Joad
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Ruthie Joad
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Ivy & Sairy Wilson
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Campers on side of road with car trouble
Form bond with Joads
Sairy lets Grampa take nap in tent
Caravan with Joads down Highway 66
Muley Graves
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Old friend of Joads
Gone crazy
His own family went West but he won’t leave his land
Shares jackrabbits he caught and killed with Tom and Casy
Tells Tom how the Joads lost their land
-Willy Freely (Joad family friend) drove tractor that dug up land and plowed their home
Willy Freely
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Floyd Knowles
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Timothy and Wilkie
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