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e too weak, psychologically or physically, to endure. Their kind is typically disdained by both the stronger women characters, and by the men.

In ôThe Leader of the People,ö Ruth Tiflin, JodyÆs mother, is another æSteinbeck woman.Æ Like Ma Joad, she uses her physical strength and her psychological insights to endure hardships and to fight for what she thinks is right for her family members. Ruth stands up to her husband, Carl, when he complains about how her fatherÆs stories of the conquests of the past bore him. She also seems to understand the impor

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