Half a million people are moving across the country and not only are the people nervous, the land is nervous. The land is nervous for change when people begin to move in. Tractors and feet will be dug into the land left behind and is now being settled in to be one's property.
"Fear the time when the strikes stop while the great
owners live - for every little beaten strike is proof that the step is being
taken...fear the time when Man-self will not suffer and die for a concept, for
this one quality is the foundation of Man-self, and this one quality is man,
distinctive in the universe."
The significance of
this quote is that it mentions the great owners referring to the owners of the
land which are usually banks owned by government. All these owners do are take
back land, kick people off their land, and raise taxes. They are the ones who create
hunger- not only for food, but for work. Many that are moving need happiness
for motivation and fear the need of security. They hope that where they move
to, they will not be kick out of because of the little room. The mentioning of the quality of man is to say that men were hungry for work to support their family. They knew it was their job to put a roof over their heads and food on the table and they needed to move to do so. They may fear that there is too much competition for work because so many people are doing the same thing (moving for a better life) and may have better skills than them. But it is them against the universe and they will fight for their place even if they have to suffer. Men would refuse to listen to the owners when they told them to leave their land behind to show them that they will not just leave all their hard work behind. Eventually, they would have to leave their homes because they were not making any money and the wind storms just made it worse. It was more of keeping your dignity to leave when one wanted to rather than to be told to move and listening to them like they're the boss.
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