Al is one of the few Joads remaining towards the very end. He now has hopes of leaving the family as there is much use for him any more whereas on his own, he can jump for so many more opportunities, however he wouldn't have to jump alone as he has met and fallen in love with Aggie Wainwright, more seriously than with girls before her, and now has the life experience bringing about more maturity to Al so he too can be serious in the relationship.
Al enters the Family's newest home with:
"Hullo.I thought you'd be sleepin' by now."
At first, I thought Al would say this cautiously however Al actually enters with power and confidence, a 'swagger', much like his first ever entrance. Al has hopes of leaving the Family and so this line shows he would have hoped his Family weren't all wake to create a scene because he still feels they think as strongly of the Family as he did at the beginning (but for them they see the Family's deteriorated aswell). However he is eager to talk to them as he takes clear pride in his decision.
Al then has to explain his decision to the Family:
"Well, me an' Aggie Wainwright, we figgers to get married, an' I'm gunna git a job in a garage, an' we'll have a rent' house for a while, an'--(They stare at him.) Well, we are, an' they ain't nobody can stop us!"
The speech truly reminds me of the Al at the beginning of the play, although Al is rarely sad through out, here he doesn't have a worry in the world and looks to a much brighter future. He has a new found Happiness within Aggie, aswell as new ambitious and confidence, not through power, but through the sure future with Aggie and the likely-hood of settling down.
The Family are proud of their son doing the right thing for himself and letting the Joad name move on but Ma begs that Al stays for awhile longer but he knows what's right for him and what he needs, so he tries to move around her asking.
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