In "The Grapes of Wrath," John Steinbeck (novel) and John Ford (film), analyze the combined message of hope in the face of despair, the relationship between business and labor/owners and workers, and in regard to government and authority. Despite the horrific things the Joad family went through, they get over the obstacles in front of them and never give up hope. First, this is shown when the family farm is being overtaken and the Joads are forced to lived their treasured land. Through this experience hope is still alive because of the glimmer shown in the flyer they received that asked for pickers in California. Despite losing their own land, because they found an opportunity to support their family, they retain the hope. Secondly, when Grampa dies and they have to bury him, they still have hope. It does not waver because they know that he would have wanted them to succeed, and they do not want to let him down. Moving along with their journey they now realize they have to find success for the family just for Grampa. Lastly, the Joads have hope when they get into trouble at the Keene Peach Ranch. Tim gets into a fight with some people that are trying to run Casey off the land and earns a nasty mark on his face. This makes it easier for the authorities to identify Tom. Despite becoming wanted by the authorities and lying about where they were going, their hope remains as they attempted to put as much distance between them and the camp as possible. From the very beginning of the Joads' story, their hope hasn't become diminished by the many obstacles that got in their way in finding success. Throughout both the novel and the book, John Steinbeck and John Ford analyze the relationship between businessmen and workers using many different situations. During this time the businessmen looked down on the workers. The workers were thought of as less than the businessmen and were not worth their time. In some cases they were not even looked at a