Saturday, 30 November 2013
Character Profile
Al Joad
Al is a "smart-aleck sixteen-year-older" who has a way with women "Tom-cattin' himself" around the country, Tom even recognises this and says Al's "out lookin' for a girl. He don' care 'bout nothin else", Al is also a good hand with the Family Hudson. Through out the play he seems to stay pretty happy, probably because of his young optimistic attitude to depressed America and his aim for girls, compared to the rest of the characters, however he is still affected by the events and stories the Joads hear along their journey across America, sometimes more so because of his age, for example at Grampa's funeral Al was close to tears. Al holds his Family very close to him at the start of the play however this deteriorates as the play goes on; firstly Tom's return means Al isn't as well respected as he had been before in the family hierarchy, and secondly Al begins to loose his Family through death and moving away so by the end, Al doesn't feel quite so strongly about the prospect of 'Family' and so does what he sees as best for him and makes his place in the world with Aggie Wainwright (although knowing his history with girls we can't be sure how long it will last however this seems to be the first girl Al has promised marriage too and seems to be willing to actually go through with it). Al's relationships with the characters is explored on a different sheet.
Al's look was inspired by these pictures:
Al would wear a Tank top and sandy Chinos; the Tank top shows his work of engineering and fixing up the truck, it also shows off his arms to girls he's trying to impress. Chinos were also a popular leg wear in 1930s America.
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