Ready Reference Treatise: The Grapes of Wrath

The Joads do not lose their dignity and they continue to possess the kindness which is so precious to them.

Finally, when Rose of Sharon delivers an unborn baby, she has milk in her breasts. She suckles a starving man and saves his life. Can there be any bigger example of generosity than a mother who has just lost her new born baby and who is suckling a starving man to save his life?