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Grapes Of Wrath Character Journal - Essay

Grapes Of Wrath Character Journal

Ruthie & her Cracker Jacks:
"So they got mad. An' one kid grabbed her Cracker Jack box.... So Ruthie got mad an' chase 'em, an' she fit one, an' then she fit another, an' then one big girl up an' licked her... So then Ruthie cried, an' she said she'd git her big brother, an' he'd kill that big girl..... An' then- an' the, Ruthie said our brother already kil't two fellas...."(455)
Today at camp Pa bought Winfiel' an' me a lil' box of Cracker Jack. Then when I was eating some kids they see and want some. But I didn't give 'em none, I worked good for them lil' box. But then them mean kids come and stoled my Cracker Jack from my hands. So then I chased 'em and hit them. Then this big ...

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with some kids today. She tol' em 'bout Tom an' how he kil't two men an' how he's a-hidin'. It fri'ened me, and I had to go warn Tom. I tol' him to go far away, so no one would catch 'im. But that Ruthie, it ain't her fault', she just wanted her box o' Cracker Jack. No use for me hittin' her-she didn't know what she was a-doin. I can't let anger tear apart this famby now, I must keep lovin'. Oh, how I miss dear Tom, how we need him now...
Ma

Ma came to see me an' brought some good cookin'. We sat in my dark cave an' talked. Then she tol't me about Ruthie an' her fight with the other kids. Ma said Ruthie tol' one girl she ha't a brother that would kil' her 'cause he'd already kil't two men. I don't think that girl believed Ruthie, them kids is always jokin'. But Ma seemed awful worried, an' she tol't me to leave the area befor' them people find me. I tried to tell Ma its jus' kid talk, but Ma was scart for me, so I tol' her I would leave. Tonight, after it gits dark enough I ...

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Added: 4/21/2005 07:18:33 AM
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