overnment camp, the final scene implies what Cassy was trying to say from the beginning; that nobody has an individual soul, but everybody’s just got a piece of a great big soul. When a man is near starvation, as the son puts it, “ He’s dirty, I tell you! He’s starvin’ to death….Got to have soup or milk.” Rose Sharon feels a need to help. A sensation to bring the individual into a group; a strengthening of the week. She asks everyone to leave her alone with the dyeing man. She bares her breast and lets him drink for his life. At the very end of the novel she smiles mysteriously. A smile-giving hint that finally Rose Sharron has felt the power involved within a family. Steinbeck’s value of the family is seen through the Joad family, the government camp, and Cassy and Rose Sharron. It’s a sense of unity, a power that is only felt when people are brought together. That “we” is far better than “I” in any situation....
