Grapes of Wrath: pgs. 178-220

I enjoyed Ma's revolt. She was like the big woman who's proud to be big and knows how to throw her weight around. (kind of like an "mmm-hmmmm" attitude) I also enjoyed Tom's joke about having him and Pa attack her from different sides and have the rest of the family pile on top and maybe only 2 or 3 of them will die. It kind of gives the woman more power and is almost showing how the times are changing. I thought it was amusing to picture that big woman with a jack in her fists, ready to take down anyone in her way.

I also found some sayings sort of amusing in this reading.
Pa: "Nex' thing they'll sell ya a little tank a air." This was somewhat ironic because nowadays we actually do sell tanks of air.

Tom: "Pa'd crap a litter of lizzards..." I just thought this phrase was funny, along with Tom's other saying: "Ya stickin' it out like a cow's a**."

I'm beginning to like Tom more, even though he can sometimes be a jerk. I like how he just says what's on his mind, even if it isn't polite. I enjoyed his little "talking to" he had to the guy with the missing eye and how he told the guy that he's just pitying himself, and if he'd stop and do something about his life, he could get a girl and a better job. I also enjoyed his smart-alek attitude to the guy at the camp-ground. Pa seemed to be sounding pretty dumb to the other men (one was laughing at him) so Tom cut in and bit the other guys' heads of (not litterally of course). I just like how he says what he thinks, even if it's going to hurt somebody's feelings or anger them.