Our people are good people; our people are kind people. Pray God some day kind people won’t all be poor. Pray God some day a kid can eat.
And the association of owners knew that some day the praying would stop.
And there’s the end.
– John Steinbeck
The Grapes of Wrath, Chapter 19. Steinbeck believes that when disspossessed migrant families stop praying to God for sufficient food for their children, they will rise up against the landowners. He thinks that revolution is inevitable. He also criticizes the lack of kindness among the rich class, as a migrant expresses hope that one day "kind people won’t all be poor." The author also seems to take a swipe at organized religion, when he suggests that justice for the dispossessed will only happen after the praying stops.