Selling everything

Chapter nine is really depressing in a sense. It describes how the families are preparing to leave for California and all of the things they have to do to get ready for the trip. It describes how the farmers are thinking about how much different things mean to them. Possessions are something that the farmers think about along with simply the memories of the places that they lived in and growing up in the area that they would have wanted to stay for the remainder of their lives. The narrator tells about how the families must sell most all of their possessions because they do not have any room to take them to California with them. Also they need the money to pay for the trip to California for supplies, gas, and other necessities. This is really tough on the families because they have to get rid of basically everything they own. I can not begin to imagine what that would be like to endure. It would be even worse for things that have sentimental value because the people they sold their belongings to do not care whatsoever about that. They are just looking to get some things from people that are desperate for money. The people that are buying it really don’t pay that much for anything. They make sure to get the minimal amount they can to give to the farmers. It is sad though because the farmers are in no position to try and make better deals with the people they sell to because the buyers know how desperate they are and just see how low they can get the price. Even things that cannot be sold must be left behind because there is no room for them to take to California. It is really just sad to imagine giving up all of your possessions, although you do what you have to do in times of desperation. It cannot be said better than “desperate times call for desperate measures.”