The farmer's anger

Chapter twenty nine goes back to the very first chapter of the novel in a sense. It has been raining now so no work can be done. This is very bad for everyone because that means there is no way to make money to buy food. Some people have resorted to begging for food which is quite degrading. I mean it’s not uncommon for people to beg for food, but for people that have had solid jobs and have been able to provide for their families needing to be, it is just quite sad. Some other people have taken a different approach and have started to steal food. I believe that these people have to feel awful about what they are doing but they are only doing it because they have no other possible choice. Another part of this chapter is how the women say that as long as the men stay angry they will be strong. This is similar to what was said in the beginning of the story. In the beginning the women say that as long as the men stay whole they will be strong. It is almost as if they mean as long as they have their lives they will continue to live and survive. Things have changed now though because the men have given up everything in their lives except for their families. They really don’t have much to live for except for themselves. Now the thing that is keeping them going is no longer their lives, but rather the rage they have for everything that has happened to them. All of the migrant farmers are furious and are ready to do something about it. This is really a huge part of the novel. The women shifting their ideas of what is keeping their men strong is really showing the whole basis of the farmers lives shifting as well. The novel is almost over and I am quite interested to see how it ends.