Grandma's death serves as the final unraveling of the Joad family. Bit by bit their party has diminished and now, they loose another life. The chapters surrounding Grandma's death are extremely significant in defining the true loss accompanying her death. These chapters explain that while migrant workers face great adversity on their journeys they are able to maintain and survive through banding together and sharing a unified goal and desire.
Despite the ominous symbol of Grandma's death Ma comes of the the tragedy maintaining incredible strength. When the family enters California their car is inspected and Ma begs the police officer to let them continue on their journey because Grandma was in need of medical assistance. The family continues to travel through the night across desert in order to get to the orchards they've been searching for. When they finally arrive Ma admits that Grandma had been dead since before the inspection, she simply did not want the family to fall short of their goal when they had come so far.
This event marks the beginning of a shift in power. Ma starts to assert herself as an authority figure, and Pa starts to back away from the spot light.
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