Tom's Younger Brother - A Sixteen-year-old Boy Obsessed With Cars And Girls. He Is Vain And Cocky But An Extremely Competent Mechanic - And His Expertise Proves Vital In Bringing The Joads - As Well As The Wilsons - To California. He Idolizes Tom - But By The End Of The Novel He Has Become His Own Man. When He Falls In Love With A Girl Named Agnes Wainwright At A Cotton Plantation Where They Are Working - He Decides To Stay With Her Rather Than Leaving With His Family.