CHAPTER 28: I'll be ever'where--wherever you look."

The last two intercalary chapters:  27 & 29

We read these two together, discussing the ironies, the imagery and the connections to other parts of the text, focusing more specifically on their placement at the novel's end and what is suggested by that.  

Tom Joad's farewell speech....

Below are various video riffs off of this moment in Grapes of Wrath.  Today I would like you to respond in a free write to Tom Joad's farewell speech in an attempt to capture what this scene means to you.  What/who do you see in this speech?  Consider the context of the speech and how that adds to its impact.  Also, what will happen next?  What does his departure mean for the family?