Chapters 7-10

These chapters helped to put more of the pieces together. It made it easier to relate one thing to another, and we got to know a lot more of the characters, like all of Tom's family. My favorite character thus far is Grampa because he is stubborn and has an odd way of being funny, even though he doesn't mean to be. Ma said that he was swearing more, and she thought it was because he wanted to show off. I did not particularly like the way that the women seemed to be placed so much lower than men because from the way I saw it women did just as much work, if not more, than men did. Yet they always seemed to be the last to give their opinion about certain matters, or they wouldn't speak at all like during the family meeting the only woman to talk was Ma and that was not until the end of the meeting. Another thing that I noticed was that the automobile salesmen basically cheated other folks out of their money. I know that it is probably the only way that they get money, but I think it is rude that they try to get every penny out of someone even if it is for a piece of junk, and in most cases it was. Altogether, I am beginning to like this book a lot better, but some of the chapters that jump around tend to confuse me at times.