Ch.11-15 (D)*

The quote that resonated the most with me was when Casy and Tom were speaking about the man that owned a million acres. They were questioning why the man owned so much land and what was he going to do with it. Casy then says how the land is used as compensation for his happiness, "If he needs a million acres to make him feel rich, seems to me he needs it 'cause he feels awful poor inside hisself." This quote explains to us what it means to be happy.  The unnamed man uses money and land to make himself feel happy. However, if one goes past that surface level of satisfaction, deep down, that man is discontent with his life, as Casy has noticed. The quote teaches us that money and land isn’t everything and that we should always be looking for something that can make us happy. If one would compare this man to the Joad family, the Joads are much happier not because they have land but because they have each other and that seem to be enough for them. The quote goes to show that people are much more important than materials, and happiness often comes in forms of time well spent with others. There are many examples of this nowadays, of how wealth often does not lead to happiness. There are many new stories of the wealthy abusing substances and ending up in very pitiful states. This is caused because those that are wealthy are not happy and have to find a release from their life, which leads them to drugs. The man in this quote does not have a good out look in his life, not realizing that he has many more blessings than others. It reminds me that as a person living in the United states, that I have many more opportunities than those living in Africa or Asia.