Squish, ewwww!!! Can you wash your shoe sir?

Here is an interesting site to check out for those Grapes of Wrath fans as related to the bible and our class discussion, Here is an excerpt:

Rose of Sharon
The Hibiscus Syriacus, more commonly named the Rose of Sharon, is a medium-sized ornamental shrub. However, it is the flower that eloquently blooms on this shrub that retains the most significance. The flowers are large and showy, and originally found in Syria.
As for the character Rosasharn in The Grapes of Wrath, her name is decidedly relevant to play as it is embedded in Biblical metaphor. Mentioned in the bible, the flower encapsulates thehumble quality of the young women in the romantic book of Song of Songs. In this ancient biblical text, the young woman refers to herself as a Rose of Sharon or a Lily of the Valley,both flowers commonly found in Israel at the time. She is in fact calling herself 'ordinary' or 'common', not unlike Rosasharn in The Grapes of Wrath. Ironically her circumstances are by nomeans ordinary by the end of the play.

look @:

http://www.usq.edu.au/performancecentre/education/thegrapesofwrath/biblical.htm