"...We ain't sellin' cars—rolling junk. Goddamn it, I got to get jalopies. I don't want nothing for more'n twenty-five, thirty bucks...What cut do you make on a new car? Get jalopies. I can sell 'em fast as I get 'em...If we don't get some jalopies we got nothing to sell" (62).
Jalopies are cars that are ruined, run down, and basically junk. Sadly, this is what these salesmen want to sell to innocent people. They know the cars are bad, but they just want their money. They take no consideration of the consequences that buyers will have because they just want to make quick money. They are not thinking about others, but only about themselves. Their jobs are more important than people's trust. Throughout Chapter 7, the main goal is to sell as much jalopies as they can. They do not even care if they run or not, they just want to sell them. Their job is a business, which only wants to make profits. The quality does not matter to them, the money does. They even admit that they "don't give a damn"(65). These ripoffs are coming from a real business that are only interested in selling their most cheapest cars that will bring profits. The businessmen are doing a selfish act , yet they do not care. Although it is not stated directly, it suggested that the Joad's fell into the trap of buying a jalopy.
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