"What the hell the deputies want to hurt the camp for? Why can’t they let us be?"
– John Steinbeck
The Grapes of Wrath, Chapter 24. Ezra Huston, head of the Weedpatch Central Committee, wonders why police deputies want to destroy the camp. In his plea for the migrants to be left alone, we hear the voice of Steinbeck speaking out against the inhumanity of the banks, the police and the economic system.