“In the evening a strange thing happened: twenty families became one family, the children were the children of all. The loss of home became one loss, and the golden time in the West was one dream" (193).

The Grapes of Wrath portrays the story of the Joads and other migrant families that unite together in order to reach their final dream. The loyalty and commitment between the people create one big oversoul that lets people get through with their hardships. In the lifestyle of the migrant people there are no longer separate family units as the people unite into one big piece. The reader can witness the phenomenon at work as the Wilsons meet the Joads on the road. By sharing each other's hardships, the two families merge into one and commit to one another's survival. Unions are created at every place where the migrant people share common goals and hardships; the union helps people withstand the harsh reality and makes them stronger.

Ecclesiastes 4
9	Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
10	For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.
11	Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?
12	And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.