1.+Summary



__Chapter Summary__

 Chapter nineteen begins with event of Americans, land hungry and greedy, taking the land from the Mexicans. The “squatters” began to live off the land, generations were born and raised on the land that they squatted on and eventually the Mexicans were pushed out. “Possessions was ownership.” The land that was taken by the squatters soon turned into farms and into “stores” of profit. This new found profit was protected by the guns of the farmers and the low wages of the workers. The harsh competition to find jobs in California leaves many of the “Okies” impoverished and in dire need of food to feed their families. The “Okies” attempt to make secret gardens to scrounge any means of food, but the authorities come in to destroy the gardens because they are trespassing.