Six Chapters Finished

I am through six chapters of the book Grapes of Wrath. I still am quite bored by this book. Through the first chapters all that I have been left with has been more questions. I am still left wondering what that turtle was involved in the book for. I do not know why but that turtle is really bugging me. Authors do not just put unimportant details like that into books. These are the facts I know about the turtle; it was described to well to be unimportant. It was involved in two maybe three chapters. There is no significance to the storyline. For some reason Joad holds on to the turtle for the longest time, and then he just lets go of the turtle because he does not want to hold onto it anymore. It is all very puzzling and misleading to me.

Another complaint I have about this book through the first six chapters is there is no plot so far. I have not figured out what is happening. Joad, Casey, and Muley talk about going to California but they do not decide if they are officially going to go or not. This book moves a little bit too slow for my taste, but maybe it will get better considering there are thirty chapters and 580 pages, but who knows? Some books are boring the whole way through.

There is one thing I like about this book, however. This "thing" is how descriptive John Steinbeck is with everything. As I am reading through this book it is like I can nearly reach out and touch them. He creates these images that are just so clear. I was complaining about the turtle, but as I was reading I felt like I was sitting on the side of that road and watching the turtle trying to walk and climb on top of the road. The book may move slow, but it feels like I am watching a television show.