The Joad Family have many different homes in the book. Each home represented a new hardship at the time. Not only do the Joads have a new meaning to home after the journey but so do other migrant workers. Home physically to the average migrant worker was seen as wherever the work is. Home spiritually could mean many different things. The journey will always change physically where a home is but mentally it is up to the characters where they think their home is. Home to some of the characters is where their family others think of home as a more physical place. The changing homes cause the novel to have symbolism on how though the physical home may change mentally an spiritually home can be where ever the heart and soul feel it may