Tom Joad is the central character of the book. Tom has just gotten out of McAlster prison after serving 4 years of the 7 years that he was sentenced. He was imprisoned for murder. He came home to find that his family has lost their farm and is moving west to California. He still has some of this violent tendencies.
Muley Graves is a crazy old man. His wife and family left Oklahoma for California after loosing their home and land. Muley decided to stay. He tries to get away from the police because of his tress-passing.
Uncle John is drunk and depressed a lot throughout the story. He…
