The Joads family at the beginning before the trip to California was much different. They depended on each other and cared about each other.The gender role was also different.
When Rose decides to leave the family when they get to California Ma gets worried and says "aint you gona stay with us-the family...We dont want you to go'way from us..It ain't good for folk to break up." She believes that separating from the family will be a bad idea because they dont know how California is like and it might be dangerous if shes alone. Ma just wants the family to stay together and do everything together. She knows that if the family breaks up it would be bad for everyone because she believed family should always stick together no matter so that they can deal and face every problem together.
What changes is the gender roles in the family. Ma begans to wear the pants in the family by what she says goes. She takes away pa's authority in the family and controls the whole group.At first the family would do something after pa tells them to do it but ma then takes over and takes control of the family. She takes over and gives pa a hard time because she said that if the man worries too much it will eat him alive. Ma doing this was for the best so that pa would not go crazy or anything.
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