The Wilsons are a couple who the Joads run into along their trip to California. Grampa is dying, so the Wilsons do the right thing and let him die in a nice place. The Joads then return the favor by fixing their car, and combining forces on the way to California. If the Joads did not show up then the Wilsons would have probably been stuck where they were on the highway. The only way they could have made it to California without the Joads is if another car picked them up or if they fixed their car. They did not have any money so they would not be able to fix their car, and not many people would stop to pick them up. The Wilsons would have been in an awful situation without the Joads. The Joads got them to California which is where they disbanded. Sairy Wilson started to get sick, so she could not go on. Sairy and her husband, Ivy, had to stay, and make it on their own. Because Sairy was sick they felt they were just making things harder for the Joads. She did not want to be a burden to the family that just drove them across the country. This showed that the Wilsons really were nice people. The Wilsons and the Joads both helped each other and got along. They both showed to one another that they were genuinely nice people. They were just heading to California to get work and live life. They worked together and got there in one piece. It is not known what happened to the Wilsons, but they most likely had some tough times in California. Sairy was already sick, so her husband was probably the only one that would even be able to work. The chance of them finding a job is very small too. It would be difficult with the couple having a sick member to go around looking for work. But the Wilsons are so nice that they did not want to bother the Joads with their inconvenience.
Steinbeck, John. The Grapes of Wrath. New York: Penguin, 2006. Print.
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