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(__Grapes of Wrath__, Chapter 28, pg 419)
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Connection:
===The last painting titled //Celia Thaxter's Garden// by Childe Hassam, connects with the book __Grapes of Wrath.__ In the book, the Joad family decides to move to California in hopes of a better life. The Joads pick up and leave taking along very few of their possessions for the journey. They decide to leave because they see persuasive advertisements about fruit picking jobs in California. They believe that the only way to achieve success is for them to go to California. The painting by Childe Hassam represents that “better” life that the Joad’s dream about. The painting is beautiful and is filled with flowers and sunlight, both of which represent peacefulness and happiness.=== code //words and music by Woody Guthrie//
 * THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND**

Chorus: This land is your land, this land is my land From California, to the New York Island From the redwood forest, to the gulf stream waters This land was made for you and me

As I was walking a ribbon of highway I saw above me an endless skyway I saw below me a golden valley This land was made for you and me

Chorus

I've roamed and rambled and I've followed my footsteps To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts And all around me a voice was sounding This land was made for you and me

Chorus

The sun comes shining as I was strolling The wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling The fog was lifting a voice come chanting This land was made for you and me

Chorus

As I was walkin' -  I saw a sign there And that sign said - no tress passin' But on the other side .... it didn't say nothin! Now that side was made for you and me!

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In the squares of the city - In the shadow of the steeple Near the relief office - I see my people And some are grumblin' and some are wonderin' If this land's still made for you and me. code



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