Departure of the Joads

The Joads prepare to leave the farm. Illustration of the "Departure of the Joads." as the Joads get ready to leave from The Grapes of Wrath illustrated edition vol.1 (pt.1 end paper) Thomas Hart Benton, a native of eastern Oklahoma, was assigned to draw archetypal Oklahomans for 20th Century Fox as the studio believed that would make the casting more accurate. see also 3-344. "Ma tried to look back, but the body of the load cut off her view. She straightened her head and peered straight ahead along the dirt road. And a great weariness was in her eyes."