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Land When The Farmer Leaves Chapter Summaries
Chapter 11, and intercalary chapter, talks about what becomes of the land when the farmer leaves. The land becomes unoccupied, and company farm workers come each day to work on the land, and then they go home. Because nobody is living in the farm houses, they are forgotten, inhabited by animals, and then they fall apart. Chapter 10 is the chapter when the Joads finally pack up and leave for California. Ma is convinced that California will be a beautiful, magical place with lots of work. This relates to Chapter 11 because when the Joads leave their land, company workers will come drive tractors in their land, and their house will become nothing more than a little dust. In Chapter 12, people heading towards California are often criticized for
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