Equal to Granpa in crotchetiness and spirit, she loves to argue with him. She is comically spiritual — an example of the absurdity of organized religion. She shouts "PRAISE GAWD" every time Casy pauses during grace, even though it's not grace in the conventional sense. Her clinging to her spirituality is seen most poignantly at Granpa's death when she frantically demands of Casy, "Pray, goddam you." After Granpa's death, she retreats into a somnambulistic state, becoming increasingly incoherent. She dies during the Joads' nightlong trek across the California desert and is buried a pauper when the family reaches Bakersfield.
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