The Grapes of Wrath
Why is it so significant that Tom comes upon a snake just as the Joads first see California, "the Vally golden & green before them?"
Chapter 18- The Grapes of Wrath
Chapter 18- The Grapes of Wrath
Tom runs into rattle snake while getting to the promissed land (California). This of course has allusions to the Old Testement Garden of Eden story. The snake foreshadows that California will not be the Eden they think it will be.