The lyrics to a song state, "I can't buy me love." Using textual support from the novel as well as examples from modern day life, defend, refute, or qualify the statement that money can buy happiness.
Money cannot buy happiness, money can buy the entertainment to distract someone from their dispair, but money cannot buy happiness. People can buy themselves hot tubs and tickets to their favorite shows, they can buy servents and cooks, they can buy games and computers, but they cannot but what humans desire most: their need to feel wanted. In Grapes of Wrath Mae was hesitant to give the bread for a dime, but Al convinced her to. The familty could buy bread to stop their hunger but their true happiness came from their family needing one another.
Some people might argue that people are loved only for their money and in that case money can by love. But the kind of love that comes from money is not real love. Also love exists between the families in this book and they do not have much money if any at all. Money may get you friends but it will not buy you love and these friends are not the kind that you would want. Real love doesn't have anything to do with money it should be there whether you are rich or poor. Some may think that money can buy happiness as a result of it allowing you to have material possessions that make you happy but true happiness is being content with your own character not your possessions.
Money is unable to purchase true happiness and satisfaction. Yes when a person buys something for themselves they're happy, but it's a temporary happiness. This is evident today when a parent continually buys a child something to keep them tamed. That's not true happiness. In the chapter the truck driver places a nickle in the phonograph. This doesn't bring him happiness, all it does is ease the pain of living on the road. A person can only find true happiness and satisfaction through being loved.
I agree with Julia, Ethan, and Kyle, money does not buy true happiness. Money buys a false sense of security and happiness. The characters in this book are seldom happy but it is not only because they don't have money. It is because they are confused about how they are going to survive. The only time that the families find happiness is when they are all together and they don't think about their situation. When the poor family stops in to "buy" the loaf of bread from the diner, the old man buys his boys candy. The children seem happy because they recieved the candy but in reality they were still sad. Just because the father used money to bring happiness, it was unccessful in bringing true, lasting happiness.
In the novel, the fat rich men and their dolled up wives represent the couple that are not in love. The novel does not talk about them being in love but i suppose we are to assume that they are not because they are being stereo-typed. They very well could be rich, fat, wear to much makeup, and still be in love. Money can buy happiness. It is temporary happyness, but everything is only temporarily happy. No one is happy all the time whether they are in true, happy love or fiscal love. I beleive love is not the same for everyone and that some people due to their love of money actually could be in love with someone for that reason.
An example of not being able to buy love is evident in chapter 15, specifically when truckers leave the waitress large tips. Most of the time, waitresses might act more flirtatious or friendly to customers who look like single males, simply because it brings in better money. However, this is exemplified to a large extent with truckers, not only are most truckers single, but they live a lonely life on the road. No matter how large of a tip they leave the waitress, she will never have any interest in them except for superficial financial reasons. Although money is a good thing to have, it can never replace the company of a real person. Furthermore, with more money usually comes more anxiety about earning it and how to spend it. Money can be used as a means to happiness, but does not prompt intrinsic happiness.
Money can buy clothes, and cars, and jewelry, and status, and everything both necessary to live, and everything extra that people choose to indulge in. However, the only thing money can get you is material possession, and the only thing money can make if you have too much is arrogant. When it comes down to it though, its not the material things that make life rich, its things like love, kindness, and compassion. In the story, Mae is so concerned with the idea of givng the family the bread for 10 cents when it is originally 15, that it takes Al to force her. However, after that, she gives the boys 2-for-1 candy when it was originally 5 cents each. Mae's ability to forget about the money and give the man candy for a penny brought about the happiness of the boys through her kind act.
Chapter 15 shows that money can buy temporary happiness but not long-term happiness. When the waitress, Mae, receives an extra-large tip, she is happy for a few moments until something else forces her to return to despair. When Mae reluctantly decides to sell the driver of the '26 Nash sedan, the man is happy for a view moments realizing that he will be able to feed his family and stay on budget at the same time. However, the instance where Mae decides to sell the same man two pieces of candy for one penny rather than the normal nickel each works both ways. Mae is happy to be receiving money, even if it is only a small amount. After all, seeing other people happy lifts her spirits. And on the other side, the boys are ecstatic when they realize they will be able to have candy along with their bread. In today's society, many women in particular tend to resort to shopping in order to make themselves feel better and this method proves to work for a short period of time in some situations. Therefore, it seems that money can buy short term happiness, but money will never be able to buy long-term happiness.
Sarah's thoughts are correct when she said that the waitress would get a larger tip by being more flirtatious with the men who looked single. While money can buy things you want and think you need, but the truth of the matter is and remains, that money cannot buy happiness or love. My sister for example, thinks (being the naieve one that she is) that the bigger the ring the guy buys her, the better the relationship. She says she'll be happy with whatever he buys her, so long as it is a "big rock" of some sort or another. This attitude is not going to get her far in a relationship. The same goes for the rest of us.
As a seventeen year old girl, who tends to be superficial, I have a hard time telling myself you can not buy love. Although I know, or atleast hopes this is true, I still love to think money and luxury is the answer. In this book, I feel that buying happiness is what everyone is wishing for, and if they had the money in the first place, they would not be struggling, or unhappy. So in the families case, money could buy happiness, or atleast a comfort to make them feel better.
As I look over the comments of my colleagues, I am met with the same idealistic, Halmark dribble I have heard time and time again, and I am rather angried by this ignorant misconcepts of the beauty that is money. It is not money that has left the wealthy in their state of depression. It is the pursuit and clinging that has left them lacking. They have labored tireless to acheive their vast fortunes and worked still to maintain, despite moral conscience or communial needs. They have abanoned their own pursiuts as well in hopes of achieve some future bliss, but what they do not understand is that every second of every minute of day of every year they continue on in this way they soul slowly decays as their once idealistic fanatasies of happiness turn to rot. In its self, however, there is no other beauty greater than money. Money is freedom, and what could be better than freedom. No barriers shall stand in your way, and nothing is outside your reach. It is the catalyst for making dreams reality. Now my colleagues appear to differ. "Happiness has no price tag," they will tell you. Those who believe this are simply not buying the right things. If you're depressed, hire a shrink; buy some pills; build your own theme park, if you like. If you feel guilty donate to charity; feed the hungry and care for the sick; put a smile on every face. If you're in love send her a thousand roses a day; buy her diamonds; have her name written in the stars. "But this is merely material love." Alright then, improve yourself to make yourself more attractive, learn to dance, to play the piano, to tell jokes. You can do whatever, whenever, and however you want. You are free.
Although money can buy cars, houses, clothes, electronics, and other luxuries it cannot buy sincere happiness. One could buy something and enjoy it, but long-lasting happiness cannot be bought. This reminds me of the novel The Great Gatsby, Gatsby was one of the most prominent, wealthiest, powerful man in the country yet he could not buy the one thing that could truly make him happy—Daisy. Also, happiness varies from person to person. In Grapes of Wrath simple things could make the migrant families happy. For example, the diner waitress, Mae, sells candy to the children for a lower price than normal. The children are overjoyed for a few pieces of candy. They did not need excessive luxurious possessions or money to be happy. Money does not result in happiness also because individual’s happiness could come from things such as helping out others or accomplishing a career goal. Money does not buy happiness because happiness can be obtained by other, more long-term ways.
"Money can’t buy me Love". You need to first define love. Is it happiness, contentment, self respect, peace within? No, these things can not be purchased. But ask the poor child whos parents work 2 and 3 jobs each to make ends meet. The one who rarely sees his parents and still goes without food and necessities. How would he define love? To him/her the kind act of the lady selling bread at a lower price and giving the man the candy might be seen as buying love. At least the boys were happy for a moment. Money is not bad. The "love" of money is. But don’t expect it to buy things that come from within.
In the novel, Mae cheaply sells the father the candy for his sons. Although candy isn't going to fix the family's problems, I'm sure it was enough to brighten their day. But the cheerfulness will fade, and they'll once again be stuck traveling aimlessly toward California. Money can buy possessions, and possessions can provide a surface of happiness for a short period of time. While gifts and materials can be nice reminders of those that you love, human interacitons are what make life truly fufilling. In the psycholgy world, there is an idea about adaptations. It states that people are excited when they first recieve something new, like a new car or house, but eventually those same items become part of our daily routine and we don't place as much value upon them. We can't be truly happy because of possessions. One last example I am reminded of is The Christmas Carol, a story that we've all grown up hearing. The poor appeare to be happier, because all they have to posess are their family relationships. When times are hard, it is love that gives people hope and leads to their survival.
True happiness, that feeling of being whole and truly content can not be bought by money. To honestly feel content over something one must feel that they have earned it, or have attributed to the happiness of another. In the case of Mae, she definitely feels better after giving the two children the candy for less than half it's actual price. This kind act may be payed off for in money, in the form of the truck drivers tip, but I believe she gained more out of the actual giving than the money she received.
Some of the money-richest people I know are some of the most depressed people I have ever met. (Not as a standard across the board, of course.)
Of course, money is nice to have and sometimes makes life a little bit easier to get by with. However, those who simply live for money and discard the simple, yet very free "Kodak-moments" of our world, do not truly live.
Of course, this is applicable to the basic Hierchy of Needs, as presented by Abraham Maslow. This concept states that one cannot fulfill that next level of living, without first fulfilling the bottom level. The order, as proposed by Maslow, is as follows: Physiological needs, Safety needs, Belongingness and Love needs, Esteem needs, and finally, Self-Actualization needs.
The physiological needs (i.e. thirst, hunger, basic health necessities.) are easier to fulfill if one has money. The same holds true to the second level of needs, the Safety needs.
While money may fulfill these two basic needs, it is often found that the third level (Belongingness and Love needs) are hardly, if ever, properly fulfilled. This, of course, stalls the individual in his or her quest of Self-Actualization.
I agree almost exactly with Molly. Money can buy you temporary happiness or even love, but it will not extend into a long-term benefit. This is demonstrated when the waitress, Mae, receives a large tip and his ecstatic for a short period. Then, she returns to being down-trodden. Comparatively, we currently see celebrites who have a surplus of money and enough to live extravagantly for the rest of their lives. However, some end up in rehabiliation places or even prison, which are clearly not "happy" places.
Money can buy luxuries that make people happy. I'm not going to say that money wouldn't make a person happy because it certainly seems like it would, but on the other hand there are simple pleasures in life that can make you happy. I think that a combination of the two things can make a person happy, but just having a lot of money wouldn't make a person truley happy.
Money can buy temporary happiness, but it will not last. You can distract yourself with money and fool yourself into happiness but it is all a sham. Love brings happiness. Wealthy people usually have no idea who truly loves them or only their money. To have money can make many people unhappy since it makes it hard to tell who likes you for being yourself, and who wants your money when you die.
While money doesn't necessarily equal happiness in today's society, the overwhelming majority of people with money are happier than people without money. Sure, anybody can cite a few examples of depressed rich people or poor people that are content with their lives, but these examples are not of the norm. People may say money cant find friends or love. It's much easier to make friends or fall in love when you are a successful businessman than when you are homeless and eating out of trashcans.
This chapter supports that money does not buy happiness. For example, the owners of the shop clearly have enough money to avoid moving west, but they are not portrayed as happy because they are still constantly struggling to keep themselves safe from financial trouble. Beyond that, earlier in the novel, Mr. Wilson cites the example of the necessity of helping others. The owners of the restaraunt in this chapter battle with this same issue regarding helping hte man and his children.
Suicide attempts of famous musicians is the perfect example of money not being enough in our world. Without a feeling of worth, people cannot continue, despite the money they might be given.
Just as everyone else said, money can't buy happiness or love, but it can deffinately help. Although, the key to achieving true happiness is being happy with yourself and your given life. The little things such as loving your family and or your job. Just like the saying, do what you love and the money will find you or however it goes. As long as you're happy and at peace with what you're doing in life, that's happiness.
I personally think that money cannot buy love, and it should not be able to buy love. Love is a tremendous feeling towards a person, not money. Unfortunately many people have money but no love or happiness. An example from the book would be the wife and the husband that showed no love towards each other. The way they envied people and complained showed that their marriage was not a real marriage, but rather a marriage to money.
In the book, love is shown in the families that have no money. The families traveling on Route 66 cared about their possessions and they cared about one another. They might have been in a depressing stage but you can feel the happiness and the pursuit of dreams. The families with no money show more manners and are more polite that the wealthy people. Love, in other words, cannot be bought.
The Joad family was very content with themselves, because as long as the family is together and well they didn't care if they didn't have money. Even though Tom was in trouble, his mom wanted him to stay and keep the family together. They were perfectly happy with their situation even though they didn't have enough money to buy expensive things.
As seen in the novel when the members of the Joad family become closer as their lives get tougher, money and the life that comes with having lots of it does not lead to a life filled with love. Love comes from the experiences that we share with others and the obstacles that we must over come in order to lead the lives that we choose. These experiences can not be purchased, and neither can the individuals with which you choose to share them.
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Money cannot buy happiness, money can buy the entertainment to distract someone from their dispair, but money cannot buy happiness. People can buy themselves hot tubs and tickets to their favorite shows, they can buy servents and cooks, they can buy games and computers, but they cannot but what humans desire most: their need to feel wanted. In Grapes of Wrath Mae was hesitant to give the bread for a dime, but Al convinced her to. The familty could buy bread to stop their hunger but their true happiness came from their family needing one another.
Some people might argue that people are loved only for their money and in that case money can by love. But the kind of love that comes from money is not real love. Also love exists between the families in this book and they do not have much money if any at all. Money may get you friends but it will not buy you love and these friends are not the kind that you would want. Real love doesn't have anything to do with money it should be there whether you are rich or poor. Some may think that money can buy happiness as a result of it allowing you to have material possessions that make you happy but true happiness is being content with your own character not your possessions.
Money is unable to purchase true happiness and satisfaction. Yes when a person buys something for themselves they're happy, but it's a temporary happiness. This is evident today when a parent continually buys a child something to keep them tamed. That's not true happiness. In the chapter the truck driver places a nickle in the phonograph. This doesn't bring him happiness, all it does is ease the pain of living on the road. A person can only find true happiness and satisfaction through being loved.
I agree with Julia, Ethan, and Kyle, money does not buy true happiness. Money buys a false sense of security and happiness. The characters in this book are seldom happy but it is not only because they don't have money. It is because they are confused about how they are going to survive. The only time that the families find happiness is when they are all together and they don't think about their situation. When the poor family stops in to "buy" the loaf of bread from the diner, the old man buys his boys candy. The children seem happy because they recieved the candy but in reality they were still sad. Just because the father used money to bring happiness, it was unccessful in bringing true, lasting happiness.
In the novel, the fat rich men and their dolled up wives represent the couple that are not in love. The novel does not talk about them being in love but i suppose we are to assume that they are not because they are being stereo-typed. They very well could be rich, fat, wear to much makeup, and still be in love. Money can buy happiness. It is temporary happyness, but everything is only temporarily happy. No one is happy all the time whether they are in true, happy love or fiscal love. I beleive love is not the same for everyone and that some people due to their love of money actually could be in love with someone for that reason.
An example of not being able to buy love is evident in chapter 15, specifically when truckers leave the waitress large tips. Most of the time, waitresses might act more flirtatious or friendly to customers who look like single males, simply because it brings in better money. However, this is exemplified to a large extent with truckers, not only are most truckers single, but they live a lonely life on the road. No matter how large of a tip they leave the waitress, she will never have any interest in them except for superficial financial reasons. Although money is a good thing to have, it can never replace the company of a real person. Furthermore, with more money usually comes more anxiety about earning it and how to spend it. Money can be used as a means to happiness, but does not prompt intrinsic happiness.
Money can buy clothes, and cars, and jewelry, and status, and everything both necessary to live, and everything extra that people choose to indulge in. However, the only thing money can get you is material possession, and the only thing money can make if you have too much is arrogant. When it comes down to it though, its not the material things that make life rich, its things like love, kindness, and compassion. In the story, Mae is so concerned with the idea of givng the family the bread for 10 cents when it is originally 15, that it takes Al to force her. However, after that, she gives the boys 2-for-1 candy when it was originally 5 cents each. Mae's ability to forget about the money and give the man candy for a penny brought about the happiness of the boys through her kind act.
Chapter 15 shows that money can buy temporary happiness but not long-term happiness. When the waitress, Mae, receives an extra-large tip, she is happy for a few moments until something else forces her to return to despair. When Mae reluctantly decides to sell the driver of the '26 Nash sedan, the man is happy for a view moments realizing that he will be able to feed his family and stay on budget at the same time. However, the instance where Mae decides to sell the same man two pieces of candy for one penny rather than the normal nickel each works both ways. Mae is happy to be receiving money, even if it is only a small amount. After all, seeing other people happy lifts her spirits. And on the other side, the boys are ecstatic when they realize they will be able to have candy along with their bread. In today's society, many women in particular tend to resort to shopping in order to make themselves feel better and this method proves to work for a short period of time in some situations. Therefore, it seems that money can buy short term happiness, but money will never be able to buy long-term happiness.
Sarah's thoughts are correct when she said that the waitress would get a larger tip by being more flirtatious with the men who looked single.
While money can buy things you want and think you need, but the truth of the matter is and remains, that money cannot buy happiness or love.
My sister for example, thinks (being the naieve one that she is) that the bigger the ring the guy buys her, the better the relationship. She says she'll be happy with whatever he buys her, so long as it is a "big rock" of some sort or another. This attitude is not going to get her far in a relationship.
The same goes for the rest of us.
As a seventeen year old girl, who tends to be superficial, I have a hard time telling myself you can not buy love. Although I know, or atleast hopes this is true, I still love to think money and luxury is the answer. In this book, I feel that buying happiness is what everyone is wishing for, and if they had the money in the first place, they would not be struggling, or unhappy. So in the families case, money could buy happiness, or atleast a comfort to make them feel better.
As I look over the comments of my colleagues, I am met with the same idealistic, Halmark dribble I have heard time and time again, and I am rather angried by this ignorant misconcepts of the beauty that is money.
It is not money that has left the wealthy in their state of depression. It is the pursuit and clinging that has left them lacking. They have labored tireless to acheive their vast fortunes and worked still to maintain, despite moral conscience or communial needs. They have abanoned their own pursiuts as well in hopes of achieve some future bliss, but what they do not understand is that every second of every minute of day of every year they continue on in this way they soul slowly decays as their once idealistic fanatasies of happiness turn to rot.
In its self, however, there is no other beauty greater than money. Money is freedom, and what could be better than freedom. No barriers shall stand in your way, and nothing is outside your reach. It is the catalyst for making dreams reality. Now my colleagues appear to differ. "Happiness has no price tag," they will tell you. Those who believe this are simply not buying the right things. If you're depressed, hire a shrink; buy some pills; build your own theme park, if you like. If you feel guilty donate to charity; feed the hungry and care for the sick; put a smile on every face. If you're in love send her a thousand roses a day; buy her diamonds; have her name written in the stars. "But this is merely material love." Alright then, improve yourself to make yourself more attractive, learn to dance, to play the piano, to tell jokes. You can do whatever, whenever, and however you want. You are free.
Although money can buy cars, houses, clothes, electronics, and other luxuries it cannot buy sincere happiness. One could buy something and enjoy it, but long-lasting happiness cannot be bought. This reminds me of the novel The Great Gatsby, Gatsby was one of the most prominent, wealthiest, powerful man in the country yet he could not buy the one thing that could truly make him happy—Daisy. Also, happiness varies from person to person. In Grapes of Wrath simple things could make the migrant families happy. For example, the diner waitress, Mae, sells candy to the children for a lower price than normal. The children are overjoyed for a few pieces of candy. They did not need excessive luxurious possessions or money to be happy. Money does not result in happiness also because individual’s happiness could come from things such as helping out others or accomplishing a career goal. Money does not buy happiness because happiness can be obtained by other, more long-term ways.
"Money can’t buy me Love". You need to first define love. Is it happiness, contentment, self respect, peace within? No, these things can not be purchased. But ask the poor child whos parents work 2 and 3 jobs each to make ends meet. The one who rarely sees his parents and still goes without food and necessities. How would he define love? To him/her the kind act of the lady selling bread at a lower price and giving the man the candy might be seen as buying love. At least the boys were happy for a moment. Money is not bad. The "love" of money is. But don’t expect it to buy things that come from within.
In the novel, Mae cheaply sells the father the candy for his sons. Although candy isn't going to fix the family's problems, I'm sure it was enough to brighten their day. But the cheerfulness will fade, and they'll once again be stuck traveling aimlessly toward California. Money can buy possessions, and possessions can provide a surface of happiness for a short period of time. While gifts and materials can be nice reminders of those that you love, human interacitons are what make life truly fufilling. In the psycholgy world, there is an idea about adaptations. It states that people are excited when they first recieve something new, like a new car or house, but eventually those same items become part of our daily routine and we don't place as much value upon them. We can't be truly happy because of possessions. One last example I am reminded of is The Christmas Carol, a story that we've all grown up hearing. The poor appeare to be happier, because all they have to posess are their family relationships. When times are hard, it is love that gives people hope and leads to their survival.
True happiness, that feeling of being whole and truly content can not be bought by money. To honestly feel content over something one must feel that they have earned it, or have attributed to the happiness of another. In the case of Mae, she definitely feels better after giving the two children the candy for less than half it's actual price. This kind act may be payed off for in money, in the form of the truck drivers tip, but I believe she gained more out of the actual giving than the money she received.
Some of the money-richest people I know are some of the most depressed people I have ever met. (Not as a standard across the board, of course.)
Of course, money is nice to have and sometimes makes life a little bit easier to get by with. However, those who simply live for money and discard the simple, yet very free "Kodak-moments" of our world, do not truly live.
Of course, this is applicable to the basic Hierchy of Needs, as presented by Abraham Maslow. This concept states that one cannot fulfill that next level of living, without first fulfilling the bottom level. The order, as proposed by Maslow, is as follows: Physiological needs, Safety needs, Belongingness and Love needs, Esteem needs, and finally, Self-Actualization needs.
The physiological needs (i.e. thirst, hunger, basic health necessities.) are easier to fulfill if one has money. The same holds true to the second level of needs, the Safety needs.
While money may fulfill these two basic needs, it is often found that the third level (Belongingness and Love needs) are hardly, if ever, properly fulfilled. This, of course, stalls the individual in his or her quest of Self-Actualization.
I agree almost exactly with Molly. Money can buy you temporary happiness or even love, but it will not extend into a long-term benefit. This is demonstrated when the waitress, Mae, receives a large tip and his ecstatic for a short period. Then, she returns to being down-trodden. Comparatively, we currently see celebrites who have a surplus of money and enough to live extravagantly for the rest of their lives. However, some end up in rehabiliation places or even prison, which are clearly not "happy" places.
Money can buy luxuries that make people happy. I'm not going to say that money wouldn't make a person happy because it certainly seems like it would, but on the other hand there are simple pleasures in life that can make you happy. I think that a combination of the two things can make a person happy, but just having a lot of money wouldn't make a person truley happy.
Money can buy temporary happiness, but it will not last. You can distract yourself with money and fool yourself into happiness but it is all a sham. Love brings happiness. Wealthy people usually have no idea who truly loves them or only their money. To have money can make many people unhappy since it makes it hard to tell who likes you for being yourself, and who wants your money when you die.
While money doesn't necessarily equal happiness in today's society, the overwhelming majority of people with money are happier than people without money. Sure, anybody can cite a few examples of depressed rich people or poor people that are content with their lives, but these examples are not of the norm. People may say money cant find friends or love. It's much easier to make friends or fall in love when you are a successful businessman than when you are homeless and eating out of trashcans.
This chapter supports that money does not buy happiness. For example, the owners of the shop clearly have enough money to avoid moving west, but they are not portrayed as happy because they are still constantly struggling to keep themselves safe from financial trouble. Beyond that, earlier in the novel, Mr. Wilson cites the example of the necessity of helping others. The owners of the restaraunt in this chapter battle with this same issue regarding helping hte man and his children.
Suicide attempts of famous musicians is the perfect example of money not being enough in our world. Without a feeling of worth, people cannot continue, despite the money they might be given.
Just as everyone else said, money can't buy happiness or love, but it can deffinately help. Although, the key to achieving true happiness is being happy with yourself and your given life. The little things such as loving your family and or your job. Just like the saying, do what you love and the money will find you or however it goes. As long as you're happy and at peace with what you're doing in life, that's happiness.
I personally think that money cannot buy love, and it should not be able to buy love. Love is a tremendous feeling towards a person, not money. Unfortunately many people have money but no love or happiness. An example from the book would be the wife and the husband that showed no love towards each other. The way they envied people and complained showed that their marriage was not a real marriage, but rather a marriage to money.
In the book, love is shown in the families that have no money. The families traveling on Route 66 cared about their possessions and they cared about one another. They might have been in a depressing stage but you can feel the happiness and the pursuit of dreams. The families with no money show more manners and are more polite that the wealthy people. Love, in other words, cannot be bought.
The Joad family was very content with themselves, because as long as the family is together and well they didn't care if they didn't have money. Even though Tom was in trouble, his mom wanted him to stay and keep the family together. They were perfectly happy with their situation even though they didn't have enough money to buy expensive things.
As seen in the novel when the members of the Joad family become closer as their lives get tougher, money and the life that comes with having lots of it does not lead to a life filled with love. Love comes from the experiences that we share with others and the obstacles that we must over come in order to lead the lives that we choose. These experiences can not be purchased, and neither can the individuals with which you choose to share them.
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