The family acts as one entity when it can. It performs all task as if it were one thing. This system is not the mandatory order, though, which is why when the family moves to California, they start to act less as one unit and more as individuals.
" 'we don' want you to go 'way from us,' she said. 'It ai't good for folks to break up." (p110)
This shows Ma's desire for the family to stick tigether. She doesn't want to see the family break up because she is the biggest advocate for the famnily because she is the head of it.
It makes sense for Ma to want the family to stick together, because without it, she would have very little. Her accomplishment in life is the family, and if she can't be with them, then her most prized posession will live away from her.
In general, the members of the family want to stick together so they can all benefit from each other's work. But as the stress of living increases, the family may need to break up in the name of necessity. To find work, inidvidual memebers may have to act as individuals in order to get a job, as an employer will not be able to hire an entire family in their work force.
Overall, family goes from a mandatory part of life, to an optional convenenieance, due to the change in background/.+-
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