Road trip, continued.

Descending from mountains into the great central valley, you cannot help but think about the writings of Steinbeck (even though his writings focused on the SalinasValley). These quotes (below) are taken from the Grapes of Wrath and are stark reminders of the changes that have not yet taken place.

• “I know this… a man got to do what he got to do.”
• “How can you frighten a man whose hunger is not only in his own cramped stomach but in the wretched bellies of his children? You can’t scare him–he has known a fear beyond every other.”
• “Whenever they’s a fight so hungry people can eat, I’ll be there. Whenever they’s a cop beatin’ up a guy, I’ll be there… I’ll be in the way guys yell when they’re mad an’-I’ll be in the way kids laugh when they’re hungry an’ they know supper’s ready. An’ when our folks eat the stuff they raise an’ live in the houses they build-why, I’ll be there.” 

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