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Author's Purpose & Analysis  Thesis- **An individual role in confronting injustice is to unify towards a common cause and individually fulfill their part in society to overcome any obstacle.**  "the quality of owning freezes you forever into 'I,' and cuts you off forever from the 'we.'" (pg 152)   The author’s purpose is to describe the fear that the great owners felt as a result of their abuse and mistreatment of farm workers. Steinbeck points out how these great owners are blind sighted by their own self-indulgence or greed. Therefore they sense that change is pending and they are nervous about the results.

//"Fear the time when the strikes stop while the great owners live - for every little beaten strike is proof that the step is being taken … fear the time when Manself will not suffer and die for a concept, for this one quality is the foundation of Manself, and this one quality is man, distinctive in the universe." (pg 151) //

<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Man's need to satisfy needs could eventually lead to him joining together with others who have been victimized by the same circumstances. For example, the migrant's harsh living conditions and their mistreatment would further unify them. This shows that there is a possibility for bringing about change and reorganization of society in this unity. Through that it implies how the concern for one’s morality is being assumed into the concern for universal good.

//"Man, unlike any other thing organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, emerges ahead of his accomplishments." (pg 150)//