Quotation

Ma Joad (on prison): "...Did they hurt ya son? Did they hurt ya, and make ya mean mad? Tom Joad: "Mad, Ma?" Ma Joad: "Sometimes they do..." Tom Joad: "No, I was at first, but not no more." Ma Joad: "Sometimes they do somethin' to ya. They hurt ya, and ya get mad, and then ya get mean. Then they hurt ya again, and ya get meaner and meaner... 'Til ya ain't no boy nor man anymore, just a walkin' chunk o' mean mad... They hurt ya that way, son?"