Character	Description
Tom Joad	Tom Joad is the second son of Ma and Pa Joad. He becomes inspired to help common people. Read More
Ma Joad	Ma is the wife of Pa Joad and the mother of Tom Joad. She becomes the leader of the Joad family. Read More
Pa Joad	Pa is the husband of Ma Joad. Read More
Jim Casy	Jim Casy is a friend of Tom Joad. He eventually inspires Tom to help people. Read More
Rose of Sharon	Rose of Sharon is the daughter of Ma and Pa Joad. Read More
Al Joad	Al Joad is the son of Ma and Pa Joad. He maintains the truck and eventually breaks free of his family. Read More
Uncle John	Uncle John is the brother of Pa Joad. Read More
Connie Rivers	Connie Rivers is the husband of Rose of Sharon, whom he abandons.
Grampa Joad	Grampa Joad is Tom's grandfather. He dies soon after leaving Oklahoma.
Granma Joad	Granma Joad is Tom's grandmother. She dies while traveling with her family across the desert.
Noah Joad	Noah Joad is the son of Ma and Pa Joad. He leaves the family when they arrive in California.
Ruthie Joad	Ruthie Joad is the younger daughter of Pa and Ma Joad.
Winfield Joad	Windfield Joad is the youngest son of Ma and Pa Joad.
Floyd Knowles	Floyd Knowles is a migrant worker who enlightens Tom about the unfair labor practices in California.
Ivy Wilson	Ivy Wilson and his wife, Sairy, travel with the Joads to California.
Sairy Wilson	Sairy Wilson and her husband, Ivy, travel with the Joads to California.
Muley Graves	Muley Graves is a neighbor of the Joads in Oklahoma. He refuses to leave Oklahoma even though his family has left.
Ella Summers	Ella Summers is a member of the Ladies Committee at the government camp.
Jessie Bullitt	Jesse Bullitt is the chair of the Ladies Committee at the government camp.
Jule Vitela	Jule Vitela is a worker at the government camp.
Lisbeth Sandry	Lisbeth Sandry is a religious fanatic who scares Rose of Sharon.
Mrs. Wainwright	Mrs. Wainwright is the mother of a family that shares a boxcar with the Joads in California.
Timothy Wallace	Timothy Wallace is a man at the government camp who offers work to Tom.
Wilkie Wallace	Wilkie Wallace is a young man at the government camp. He offers work to Tom.
Willie Eaton	Willie Eaton is a worker at the government camp. He helps prevent a riot.
Aggie	Aggie is the young woman who becomes engaged to Al Joad.
Camp proprietor	The camp proprietor tells Tom he is a troublemaker.
Car salesmen	The car salesmen take advantage of the tenant farmers.
Cook	The cook is the person who encourages the waitress to sell food to a migrant family for a low price.
One-eyed man	The one-eyed man is a self-pitying man stuck in a low-paying job.
Raggedy man	The raggedy man tells the Joads how bad life in California is for the migrant workers.
Tenant farmer	The tenant farmer protests the actions of the tractor driver, who coldly plows over the farmland.
Truck driver	The truck driver is the man who gives Tom a lift.
Tractor driver	The tractor driver is a selfish man concerned only with his own needs.
Waitress	The waitress is the person who sells food to a migrant family for a low price.
Watchman	The watchman works at the Weedpatch camp.

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