Muley refuses to leave the land which he has been evicted from.  He is the stubborn farmer who can’t leave his land simply because a piece of paper says it is not his. Muley, of course, is being sought after by the authorities.

?When you’re huntin’ somepin you’re a hunter, an’ you’re strong. Can’t nobody beat a hunter. But when you get hunted – that’s different. Somepin happens to you. You ain’t strong: maybe you’re fierce, but you ain’t strong.” – Muley?

John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath