1) The Oversoul:
The Oversoul, another allusion found in GoW, relates to the bond and unity between all people. This passage also connects to Ecclesiastes, and the fact that two are better than one.

"Guess who I been thinkin’ about? Casy! He talked a lot. Used ta bother me. But now I been thinkin’ what he said, an’ I can remember – all of it. Says one time he went out in the wilderness to find his own soul, an’ he foun’ he didn’ have no soul that was his’n. Says he foun’ he jus’ got a little piece of a great big soul. Says a wilderness ain’t no good, ‘cause his little piece of a soul wasn’t no good ‘less it was with the rest, an’ was whole. Funny how I remember. Didn’ think I was even listenin’. But I know now a fella ain’t no good alone (570)."
"Goes, ‘Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, the one will lif’ up his fellow, but woe to him that is alone when he falleth, for he hath not another to help him up (570).’"
"Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone? And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him, and a three-fold cord is not quickly broken (570-571)."

2) Helping your fellow man:
As mentioned in another section, Ma tries to argue to buy sugar on credit. The storekeeper is reluctant to allow this, since it is against rules. However, because he isn’t well-to-do either, he understands Ma’s dilemma and allows her to take the sugar. This passage emphasizes the unity between people going through the same circumstances, or fighting for the same ideas.

"I’m learnin’ one thing good… learnin’ it all a time, ever’ day. If you’re in trouble or hurt or need – go to poor people. They’re the only ones that’ll help – the only ones (513)."