Chapters 11-15 (D)
When people do kind things for each other, that really stands out for me. In chapter 15, a waitress Mae encounters a father and his son. The father asks Mae if they could get bread for ten cent. At first Mae did not want to give them the bread but then she finds it in her heart to give them the bread for ten cents. Besides the bread, the father sees his son eyeing the candy and asks if the candy is worth a penny. Mae replies,"Oh-them. Well,no-them's two for a penny." Through the kindness of her heart she gives the father candies worth a nickel for just a penny.
However, people working in businesses along highway 66 view the migrant workers as threatening and they loathe them. A possibility why Mae gave them the bread plus the candy is because that is what they want and it is better to give the travelers what they want so they could leave but that may not be the actual case.
This quote impacted me because this section may foreshadow the Joads receiving or acting kind along the highway. I strongly believe people helping others make them feel better about themselves and good things can come out of it too.
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