Chapters one and two deal with the exposition. We learn that it is very dry and the corn isn't doing too well. The setting is in Oklahoma. A truck driver pulls up and eats in the restaurant. He visits with a waitress, and as he leaves he notices a man asking for a ride. He gives him one, even though the company says they aren't supposed to, and we learn that the truck driver is a very detailed man. He tries to notice the fine details in the fabric. The truck driver also minds his own business, but the hitchhiker, Joad, told him about himself anyway, that he went to jail and is now going to his uncle's to work.
Characters: The truck driver: He is a truck driver for the Oklahoma City Transport Company, who stopped at a local diner to eat. He talked with the waitress a little while, finished up his meal, put his two nickels in the slot machine, and left.
Joad: A man younger than 30, Hitch hiker, killed a man and went to jail for 4 years, going to his uncle's to work.
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