Impacted Quote
"No I ain't. You can't do that. I can't do that. It's too much-livin' too many lives. Up ahaed they's a thousan' lives we might live, but when it comes, it'll on'y be one. If I go ahead on all of 'em, it's too much. You got to live ahead 'cause you're so young, but-it's jus' the road goin' by for me." (124)
This quote closely connects to me because I have been in kind of the same situation when me and my family moved from Vietnam to the US. Our goal for migrating is the same as the Joad family's because we decided to move to the US for a better life and future. At first I was really excited about moving but as the days come closer, I started to feel worried about how am I going to fit in a new place and lifestyle that I have never seen and experienced. I feel connected to Tom Joad when he sees Ma Joad worries about how to live their lives in an unknown place just like how my mom also told me before moving. We were all excited yet worried to start a new life together in a place that we have never been to. When I first came to the US, I could not get used to most things because I was so used to the lifestyle in Vietnam which is a complete opposite to the US. At first I also felt as if I was living two lives because I was trying to leave behind one place and moving on to another which was tough for me because Vietnam was where I was born and raised for a long period of time while moving on and learned new things that I have never get to experience. Ma Joad has the same concern as my mom's when she told me that it would be alright for me to fit in new things because I am still young. On the other hand, my parents made the decision to move for me and my future even if it means that they have to give up everything they had before. They have to work the hardest in order to afford for me. The Joad family and my family are connected in ways that we moved for the land of opportunity in hope for a better life.
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