Considering, the excerpt the insight I have gain from the work is that the author is foreshadowing that the outcomes of traveling to California might be in fact extremely negative, and could be a catastrophe leaving all of the Joad’s vagrant. Furthermore, the fact that the man did not had a desire to fret the Joad family about the harsh conditions people are living, and elucidating that the people are essentially working for free for the landowner. Due their are thousands of family who are desiring a job, in order to survive, demonstrates the man is truthful, and does not wishes to bring the Joad hopes
