Camp Life
What do people do at night in the camps to relax?
What is singing, dancing, and playing music?
This is the main type of entertainment people enjoy in the camp
What is music and dancing?
Why are wages so low for migrant workers?
What is there are too many workers and not enough jobs?
Why do outsiders come into the camp?
What is to cause trouble and make the camp look bad?
What is the overall mood in Chapter 23?
What is hopeful but still kinda sad?
Why do the workers like music and dancing so much?
What is it helps them forget their problems and feel normal?
Music helps people do this emotionally, even if life is still hard.
What is it helps people escape their struggles for a little bit?
How do big companies keep wages down?
What is they hire desperate workers for super low pay because someone will always accept it?
What are they trying to get the workers to do?
What is start a fight or riot?
How do people try to stay hopeful?
What is by helping each other and staying together?
What kind of stories do people tell each other?
What are stories about their past lives, struggles, and hopes?
This common instrument is often played during gatherings.
What is the guitar
What happens when too many workers show up for one job?
What is wages drop even lower because workers compete with each other?
Why do the camp leaders stop fights from happening?
What is they don’t want police to have an excuse to shut the camp down?
What theme is shown through people sharing and helping each other?
What is unity/community
Why are these nighttime activities important for the workers?
What is it keeps their spirits up and builds a sense of community?
Entertainment helps create this feeling among the migrants.
What is it brings people together and creates a sense of normal life?
Why do workers get mad about the pay situation?
What is they realize they’re being taken advantage of and can’t survive on that pay?
How do the migrants avoid getting into trouble with the police?
What is they stay calm and handle problems themselves?
How does the tone change in Chapter 24?
What is it gets more tense and serious?
How does camp life show people sticking together even when things are bad?
What is they support each other and act like one big family even when times are rough?
Steinbeck uses music and fun to show this bigger idea about human needs.
What is Steinbeck shows that even in hard times, people still need joy and connection?
What does this conflict show about power and control?
What is the system is set up to keep workers poor while owners make money?
What does this conflict show about power and control?
What is powerful groups try to control and break up workers to keep control?
What is Steinbeck trying to say about community and survival?
What is people survive by working together and supporting each other?