"In the evening a strange thing happened: the twenty families became one
family, the children were the children of all. The loss of home became
one loss, and the golden time in the West was one dream" (193).
Before the journey, the families traveling West were self-centered and they only worried about their own family. It was every man for themselves. The man of the family had to do things that weren't necessarily morally right but they had no choice. They needed to make sure their family was going to survive before helping other families out. There was no way they were going to let their family struggle. It didn't make sense for one family to help another if they were still struggling. It's actually kind of pointless because now they're both struggling.
Now as they make their way West, families meet other families and everyone just seems to combine and join together as one force. "Two heads are better than one" Everyone is achieving one dream: the American Dream. In this case, the American Dream is to start a new life in California and make a living. The Dust Bowl blew them away to the West. In chapter 17, everyone joins together and they begin to work together to travel West. Everyone's dream became one dream. Everyone shared the same happiness and pain. They all reach out and connect with each other and no one has to go through everything alone. Now everyone has someone else to lean on when they're not strong. They need each other's support and now that they have it, the journey to the West should be less intimidating.
Now they're all in it together and no one will get left behind now <3 The true meaning of family.
Ohana means family, and family means no one gets left behind or forgotten.
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