Ma Joad is women in a mans world. She has the strength and guts of any good man but because she is a women she is kind of pushed to the side by society. The only people that realize how fantastic she really is is her family. Especially her husband Pa Joad. He relies on her many times through the book to get strength to move and push on through the unfair tough times the family is put in. She is also the women who mends any wounds the family has. Ma holds the family together when they seem to be falling apart. Whether this mean she is healing actual cuts or injuries, or mending a broken hear, mind, and/ or soul. She can make any hurt go away through who words and remedies. She does this because she loves her family very much and feel it is her job to make everything good, right, and happy for them. ""All right, " said Ma. "We'll go along. We'll stop first place they's water an' shade. An'-- the truck'll come bac an' take you in town to get your part, an' it'll bring you back. You aint't goin' walkin' along in the sun, an' i ain't havin' ou out all aong, is if you get picked up there ain't nobody of your folks to he'p ya"" (Steinbeck, John. pg. 170) This quote is a perfect example of how Ma Joad was always wanting to care for her children. She told them what they were going to do and why they were going to do it because she wanted to keep them safe. She knew that walking off alone would have been a bad idea so she solved the problem while caring for her child. This is the personality of Ma Joad. She can't get out of the wife, mother, and friend role which makes her very wise and compassionate.
Steinbeck, John, and Robert J. DeMott. The Grapes of Wrath. New York: Penguin, 2006. Print.
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