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Chapter 6
Explanation and Analysis—Blood on the Ground:
While revisiting the spot on the family farm where his father was killed by a bull decades earlier, Muley experiences a sudden flashback, feeling as though he has been transported to the past. He describes the scene vividly:
“I put my han’ right on the groun’ where that blood is still. An’ I seen my pa with a hole through his ches’, an’ I felt him shiver up against me like he done, an’ I seen him kind of settle back an’ reach with his han’s an’ his feet. An’ I seen his eyes all milky with hurt, an’ then he was still an’ his eyes so clear—lookin’ up. An’ me a little kid settin’ there, not cryin’ nor nothin’, jus’ settin’ there.’’ He shook his head sharply. Joad turned the meat over and over.
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