The Grapes of Wrath - Chapters 29 - 30

Chapters 29 and 30 is the end of The Grapes of Wrath. Chapter 29 tells of the rain storm that is beginning to ruin the land. So much rain has fell it has ruined the cars and the people fear that it is going to come up into thier rail cars and ruin all of their belonings, too. Some people are trying to find higher ground to stay dry, and some have tried to get relief from t he government, but the government won't help them. People are stealing or begging for food, but still there is not enough to feed everyone. Disease starts to spread, and there are not enough doctors to see everyone. Finally, the rain stops. The people can finally look out and see how much damage has been done. They also realize that there will be no more work until spring.
In chapter 30 Rose of Sharon goes into labor. While she is trying to have her baby, the men of the camp try to build a sort of damn to stop the water from rushing into the rail cars. They build a high damn, but a cottonwood tree falls and and is too much for the damn to hold. The damn breaks and the water begins to rise under the rail cars. Meanwhile, Rose of Sharon has her baby, but it never even took a single breath.
Since the damn didn't work, the Joads, and most others, try to take the siding from their trucks and build high platforms in their rail cars to put their stuff on and keep it dry.
The next day, Ma decides that they have to get out and find a dry spot or Rose of Sharon is not going to make it. The adults carry Rose of Sharon and the kids through the chest high water until they reach the road. They walk for a short while before spotting a big barn. They decide to check it out, but as they start to head for the barn it begins to rain again. Once they reach the barn they find a man and his son that are also being sheltered by the barn, but the man is going to die because he has been giving all of the food to his son. The story ends with the rest of the family leaving Rose of Sharon and the boy alone in the barn.