Jim Casey writing in role

Young tom joad don' seem to of changed much, always been the same aint never wanted to hurt no fellas has tom. yeah he killed a fella but im damn sure the fella deserved what he got. aint Tom never been a fight starter unless you fret him or his fambly the way a good should be. I figger young tom is taking over from his Pa aintOl' Tom never been such a hella as young tom is, I figger young Tom was always gonna be in charge 'fore his time.

Young tom seem to take after his Grampa. I remember when I was a boy listenin' to all of grampa Joads stories 'bout how he would go aroun' fighting the injins out west! Yeah i knowed the Joad fambly for a helluva time. Knowed Ol' Tom for years he's 'bout 12 years older than me, used to let me help out on the lan' when i was a boy. An' John would always be the fella who would give me a nice long sip of is whisky.

John Joad is a nice fella, always has been, we were good pals fur years. Like ol' Tom he was a while older than me i dunno probably ten years or so. Always a fine ol' fella. I recollect this one tim he gave me a twenty packa lucky strike to me fur baylin' a ton-a-hay. he sat an' tol me 'bout all the fine girls he'd lay with back in his younger days, 'fore he got married, whilst we got through a whole damn bottle-o-factry liquor, crazy sonofabitch probably the fella who got me into drinkin' so damn much!