Aug 06, 2013 · Answers 1. Add Yours. Answered by Aslan on 8/6/2013 11:07 PM. Tom says that he and Casy will stay with the truck if everyone goes on ahead. They'll fix the car and then move on. Only Ma objects. She refuses to go, for the only thing that they have left is each other and she will not break up the family even momentarily.
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What course of action does Tom suggest when the Wilson's touring car breaks down? Answers: 1. Asked by mike r #332758. Last updated by Aslan on 8/6/2013 11:07 PM The Grapes of Wrath What do the Joads learn about the handbills when they talk to the ragged man at the campsite?
What course of action does Tom suggest when the Wilson's touring car breaks down? Answers: 1. Asked by mike r #332758. ... What does Steinbeck suggest about the nature of the prejudice in the following line uttered by the young boy working …
A rattle in the engine causes Al to pull the car over and discover a broken connecting rod bearing. They anticipate a time-consuming repair, and Tom suggests the family go ahead to California to find work. He and Casy will stay behind, fix the car, and then catch-up with the others in California.
What advice did To give Ma about worrying about the future? To live day to day, like he had done in prison. Pa worries if they have enough money and room.
The one-eyed man moans about how mean his boss is and about how he never gets to go on dates. Tom tells him to wake up and smell the roses. He advises the one-eyed man to get an eye-patch, take a shower, fix up one of the broken-down cars, and go seek his fortune.
How does Tom and Al's exchange with the one-eyed man support Steinbeck's Socialist theme? The one-eyed man serves as yet another picture of the American experience. He is garish and grotesque and his introduction is a break from the realistic depiction of the novel.
It was a yellow car," and Tom reassures Wilson that the yellow car is not his and that he hasn't seen it all afternoon (one truth and one lie). This conversation takes place on page 140 of the Scribner edition.
He announced that he had a way of finding out whom the yellow car belonged to.". Wilson seems to jump to the conclusion that the person who hit Myrtle with their car was the same person who sent her home "with her face bruised and her nose swollen" a few months back (156, 157).
This conversation takes place on page 140 of the Scribner edition. Further, we know that Tom believes that Gatsby was responsible for Myrtle's death because, on page 141, he says to Nick, "The God damned coward! [...] He didn't even stop his car.".
In the end, Tom never tells Wilson that Gatsby killed Myrtle, but he initiates the line of thought that ends with this conclusion because it is the conclusion that Tom himself has drawn. We do not have a page number for this because we do not see the scene in which Tom tells Wilson who was driving the car, or at least, ...