12. Once they reached California a big conflict was that everyone they had talked to who was on their way back from California was right. There were no jobs, no nice, white houses to live in and nothing came as easy as they thought it would. It was a big shock to them that they had to work hard and go hungry because it was such a bad situation there. When Tom saw how the people were being mistreated by the cops and the employers he was livid about it. This brought the potential for Tom to get in trouble. He did not want to start trouble, but he wanted to stand up for what was right. When the deputy cam to Hoovervill and treated everyone poorly. Tom became upset and when the deputy was chasing Floyd, Tom stuck out his foot and tripped the deputy. Thankfully Casy stepped and kicked the deputy and knocked him out. Casy was willing to take the blame for Tom because he did not want Tom to get in trouble and get sent back to prison. From then on Tom had a kind of strange hatred for the police in California. They were corrupt, and unjust. Once they learned about the government camp they headed straight for it, but a group of men did not want any “Okies” in their town. Tom was about to fight them, but his mother calmed him down and they just found another way around the town. When they were in the government camp everything was great, but after the first five days they were there they could not find any work. They did not want to leave such a wonderful place, but they knew they had to go so that they could get food to feed the family. The men did not want to leave, but Ma knew that they had to go if the family was going to survive. Their only choice was to move on and to look for work somewhere else.
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