Answer: It is a monster or greed, going to eat him alive. It's all comsuming and chasing him down in a figuritive way. (Just how I see it)
Explanation:
Frigate, traverse, and toll
Because these words are related to travel
Frigate is a ship, traverse is to travel, toll is related to bridges & roads
<span>THe Joads grew cotton rather than food. Also nobody lived there anymore because the cotton was overgrown and things were in disarray.</span>