Chapters 1-6

In the beginning of the book, I thought that the description was wonderful, but at the same time it made it too long and rather boring. As the book went on, though, I got more interested and in some parts I actually wanted to keep reading. What confused me was the chapter about the turtle!! I didn't understand why that chapter was put in there, it didn't seem to fit. It kind of threw me off of the whole subject of Tom Joad and his "quest." My personal favorite part of these chapters was when Jim Casy, the ex-preacher, and Tom were talking. I thought it was interesting how so much had happened since Tom was put in McAlester, and how Tom spoke about how he liked it there because he ate at a certain time and always kept busy. But he also said that it was very hard because there were only men there, no women, which made thing much harder. All-in-all the book seems to be getting more interesting, and I don't think it is quite as bad as it was in the beginning.