It is truly ironic that Peter Fonda, the son of the film's main star, paralleled his father's role inThe Grapes of Wrathin his own starring role inEasy Rider (1969)as Wyatt - another independent, heroic, wandering nomad across the Southwest US in a frustrated pursuit of dreams and a better, more idyllic life."Male reporter 5: "Many of the new arrivals are children who have lost contact with their parents."Male reporter 6: "The mandatory quarantines have sparked civil unrest.Families are being ripped apart."Male CDC official: "Containment is not very likely."President Obama: "Prepare your families.Know your evacuation route."Male reporter 7: "The survival rate is now approximately 1 in 500."Female reporter 4: "Violence erupted in the City Center tonight.The third incident in as many days."Female reporter 5: "Martial law has been declared in 28 nations including the U.S.and Canada."Power plant spokesman: "The reactor is overheating.We can't stop a meltdown.At this point, our generator lost its power..."Female reporter 6: "Just a total collapse of anything resembling civilian order."Female reporter 7: "Due o the extremity of the Simian Flu crisis, all regular government functions have been suspended indefinitely.And then he decides to prove he's not scared and take Dill's bet.He runs up the steps to the front door, touches it, comes running down, and then races out of the yard and back home yelling: "Run for your life, Scout."As he descends the stairs, she pursues him and asks about his screenwriting: "Are you or aren't you?" He replies: "That's what it says on my Guild card," and then explains about his last script and how hazardous it is to be a screenwriter, in a day and age when Hollywood requires hack work:The last one I wrote was about Okies in the Dust Bowl.Lloyd's own doubts about his future marriage with Eileen grew more intense after their attendance at the all-male Kabuki Theater later that evening for a play "about a lady who turns into a lion.