Whatever they are, they breathe air." The wind was being sucked into a white-tiled, circular hole high up on a wall - and as he grasped the ladder to climb up to the vent, the humming stopped.Down by the river""s edge one day next to their tree, Holly is deflowered through sexual intercourse with Kit and then expresses her relief that she won""t die a virgin.Getz had a gunshot "flesh wound" in his arm and was hospitalized, with both Riggs and Murtaugh recommending an unnecessary two-night stay to the medical personnel (and adding a proctology test - rectal exam - to his medical chart), to keep him out of their hair.On the rooftop, one of the sleazy, trigger-happy bounty hunters Coffer (Strother Martin) kisses his rifle in nervous anticipation.Its heme of an oppressed people""s epic move to a new home parallels he Biblical story of Exodus.Their family name, Joad, also evokes he Biblical character of Job.Nunnally Johnson""s screenplay is remarkably faithful o its Steinbeck source material.Not present in the novel or the screenplay is a tacked-on ending in the film that optimistically and sentimentally affirms the strength and human dignity of the individual spirit.