man vs. nature

the biggest conflict I am seeing in the novel is man vs. nature because from the beginning when the truck driver drops Joad off to reconnect with the earth he removes his shoes and digs his feet in the dirt until they're comfortable enough to walk in. He had to “reconnect” with the land and also after “bumping into” his old preacher, Casey, he returns to an old acquaintance named Muley Graves and he's really ashamed to admit that he's been eating frogs and anything he could find to eat, when he shouldn't be because he's just trying to survive on his land because he doesn't want to leave. As the novel progresses and the characters are being introduced the reader can see that the struggles people had to go through during the 1930’s were very real. I think as the novel progresses the reader will see much more of the struggles for survival and what life was like during the 1930's. (http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/depression/dustbowl.htm)