The Grapes of Wrath. Chapter 1-2

In chapter 1 it talks mostly of the setting and about the dustbowl and how bad the land is becoming. In chapter 2 it is talking more of the Characters and bringing them into the book. In this part it shows that Tom Joad is good with his words and able to talk the truck driver into givng him a ride even though it is against policy. The truck driver helps Joad because he wants to be nice to him instead of listening to some rich man that says he is not allow to have passengers. He wants to beable to make his own choices and not be bossed around.