Chapters 14-16 "This is the beginning - from 'I' to 'we"

The main idea that chapter 14 is about this move from Oklahoma to the West is no longer just a few people; every on is being forced off their land. They have to move west in order to survive. A quote from chapter 15 on page 154 of The Grapes of Wrath that show this idea big is “Cars whisking by on 66. License plates. Mass., Tenn., R.R., N.Y., Vt., Ohio. Going west.” Every one is hurting, and just wants to make it. People are scared and don’t know what to do or really where to go. If I were in that situation I don’t know it would be hard to convince my self to go west in to the unknown. Knowing that theirs a chance that the grass might not be greener on the other side. A quote from chapter 16 that talks about the idea of going west on page 182 is “I wonder how long it’ll take us to get to California. Christ, I don’t know. Jus’ plug away at her.” The Joads like every one else at the time has no idea how long the journey west will take and even if its worth taking, but life is forcing everyone to get on the move. I think I would have to agree when they say “I don’t know. Jus’ plug away at her.” If I was forced to move and had no other options I would just want to get on with it not stay in a dying out way of life. With so mush uncertainty its interesting to me that people still have drive and courage to move on, but I guess when you have lost everything what else do you have.