Route 66 is significant to the Joads and all migrants, because it was the path that directly connected their troubled native lands to the "promise land" of California. Route 66 was also nicknamed, "
The Mother Road". It provided guidance for migrants, giving them hope for better life. This route is significant, because the Joads and migrants believed that the destination on the other end would solve all their problems. Despite the harsh reality of California, migrants carried the belief and hope that California would be this ideal place for them to start over. Migrants did not have anything to lose and figured that California would be ideal, rather than suffering back home in the Great Plains. Migrants imagined California to be open to new laborers, so many held onto the dream of being able to farm their own land and make good wages. Highway 66 represents the hope for a better future, where you can only travel in two directions. Migrants could only go forward, in search of a better life, or return home to poverty and suffering.
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