The chapter that stood out the most to me was
chapter 7, when the car salesmen Jim was trying to sell cars to the people that
were headed to California to look for a jobs and a better life for their
family. The reason this chapter stood out to me the most was because of Jim’s
harsh words and lies that he would tell his customers. He was stealing people’s
money by cheating them and filling the cars with sawdust and replacing the good
quality engines with engines that were cracked. It was hard to believe that
this guy could be so mean when he knew that the travelers needed their money
for survival and they had already been through so much with the tenants and
their land.
I think the theme in chapter 7 shows that no matter what disaster
hits the community it’s important we help each other and stick together whereas
the sales mean were being greedy and wanting more for themselves for example on
page 87 the salesmen is giving the customer a hard time for not wanting to buy
and his making him feel guilty as if he has wasted his time since he decided he
doesn’t want to buy the car now.
I agree. It is hard to believe that people could be so greedy during those times. Though I doubt the salesmen themselves really saw it that way. Nobody thinks of themselves as a villain.
ReplyDeletei think this is still an existing problem in today's society but not just with cars. it happens every where. and it's sad because even noww people dont always have the money to buy something like a new car and could only afford a used one. it's quite sad
ReplyDeletei agree. it was just very tough to read about and how things like this actually happened.
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