"Them Okies got no sense and no feeling. They ain't human. No human being would live the way they do. A human being couldn't stand to be so miserable." 兩條主線,一條是前傳教士Casy和Tommy之間偉光正殉道者火炬的傳遞,另一條大致是以Ma為主展現(xiàn)typical Okies的堅(jiān)韌和共情力,類似于“勞動(dòng)人民的脊梁”這樣的概念,有一些美國版《活著》的感覺。