Analysis Of Steinbeck 's ' The ' Of The Night '

To show that man is surrounded by good and evil no matter where they are, Steinbeck describes the setting in a contrasting way to represent the good side and the bad side of nature. He

Narrative pacing is used by Steinbeck to create a sense of loneliness and isolation in the novel.

The dust bowl was a tragic time in America for so many families and John Steinbeck does a great job at getting up-close and personal with one family to show these tragedies. In the novel, “The Grapes of Wrath”, John Steinbeck employed a variety of rhetorical devices, such as asyndeton, personification and simile, in order to persuade his readers to enact positive change from the turmoil of the Great Depression. Throughout the novel, Steinbeck tells the fictional narrative of Tom Joad and his family, while exploring social issues and the hardships of families who had to endure the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression. Steinbeck’s purpose was to challenge readers to look at

In Of Mice and Men, the Steinbeck theme of bullying and cruelty are demonstrated through the relationships of the farm workers, how they talk to each other and treat each other. It is contrasted by the accidental violence of George. Steinbeck makes it seem almost

The sermon-like feel of the chapter is effective because it motivates the audience, willing the workers to come together and unite against the elite. The words that Steinbeck chooses to use in this chapter not only resemble biblical language, they also show a clear contrast with how the land is being used. The biblical language can be recognized when Steinbeck beautifully depicts California before the greed manifested. He describes what can be perceived as paradise, an allusion of sorts to the Garden of Eden. This language and allusion brings the audience a sense of serenity and peacefulness that soothes the reader. This sensation is ripped away from the reader when he begins to describe the rot and the decay caused by the miserliness of the elite. By depicting the good found in the land with quasi-biblical language, the greed of the privileged becomes much more malicious and cruel. This contrast helps the audience grasp Steinbeck’s message of how the greed is causing so much turmoil in a state that was once plentiful and luscious. Steinbeck also relies on symbolism to portray his message.

Halfway through Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck uses dialogue to indirectly demonstrate the theme of the sad nature of humans on the ranchers.

Through his use of imagery, Steinbeck not only creates a brilliant setting, but also ties man’s inherent good into an otherwise dark portrait of the human condition, reminding me of the good within us all.

The unconventionally written intercalary chapters of Steinbeck's novel, “The Grapes of Wrath”, are designed to show the readers a view of economic depression and social aspects of America during this time period. Steinbeck tells the reader about the situation through a macroscopic point of view, when he writes the intercalary chapters. It is through these intercalary chapters that Steinbeck tells us about the struggle of many migrant farmers who are pushed out of their homes and start to live their lives on the road, while trying to find places for them to work. Between each of these intercalary chapters are narrative chapters where Steinbeck gives the readers a microscopic view of the situation, by giving us an example of one of the migrant

The water is warm too, for it has slipped twinkling over the yellow sands in the sunlight before reaching the narrow pool."(Steinbeck 1). Steinbeck is not making just plain ordinary descriptions of this scene-setting, but is revealing a sense of freedom and joy before tragedy and hate that 's burred farther along the book from the sordid aspects of life.

As the story begins, Steinbeck describes the land being very dull and dead when he states that “The wind grew strong and hard and it worked at the rain crust in the corn fields. Little by little the sky was darkened by the mixing dust, and the wind felt over the earth, loosened the dust, and carried away” (2). This description gives insight on how harsh the land is to live on, but most importantly it foreshadows what the Joads and several other families will have to face on their journey over to California. Overall it helps establish the mood of how the farmers and families are growing impatient and accep the fact that they must migrate.

Steinbeck allows the readers to understand the emotional suffering of the farmers. He never lets the reader lose sight of the human dilemma involved in the calamity of the dust storm. The real threat comes from the companies and the banks which are inhumane in nature and omit any feeling or emotion. The bank is a monster that must retain revenue or it will perish. The owners of the land tell the sharecroppers to evacuate the land and criticize the bank for their actions. The owners fail to feel human emotion and reluctantly accept a situation which permits them to make a profit while averting the moralistic implications of their actions. The tractors take over. The removal of the tenants from the land in which they and their ancestors have poured

In the first chapter of The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck sets the idea of how life was in the time period. Not only does he set the entire novel in motion by describing the layer of dust as the oppression of life, but how the people react to it and each other. Steinbeck talks about the land being the man’s and

In John Steinbeck’s tragic, mangled novel, The Grapes of Wrath, the reader is shipped off into the heart of the great Dust Bowl in the American Midwest in the peak of American hardship. Through his use of realism in the era of the modern age, Steinbeck reveals the hardships that were faced by common American citizens during the Great Depression, and utilizes the Joad family in an effort to depict the lives of the farmers who had to flee to new land in the high hopes of a new and better life. The obstacles the family faces are similar to what countless other families had to face, with very little of the population able to successful thrive at the time. By utilizing the empowering endeavors unforeseen by these poor families and the meteorological catastrophes overlooking the Midwest, Steinbeck illustrates the nationwide panic faced by many Americans in an effort to delineate their confusion and uncertainty.

Steinbeck also uses intense imagery to depict the lives of Dust Bowl migrants. His descriptions usually occur in the intercalary chapters interspersed with the story of the Joads. A poetic quality pervades these short chapters, like when he describes the wind racing across the land and digging “cunningly among the rootlets of the corn.” Often these vignettes personify the land, describing how “the earth whispered under the beat of the rain.” The intercalary segments portray the relationship of the migrants and the land. By showing the depth of connection between a farmer and his land in lyrical prose, Steinbeck appeals to the emotions of the reader. By approximating this situation to his own life, the reader identifies with the story and its cause. In this same way, symbolism also attempts to render concepts more tangible for the reader.

He describes it in such detail because he wants to describe the setting in a way that appeals to the reader. Opinions may vary, but when I read the first page I automatically thought of a place abundant in greenery and animals. Maybe even a forest with a running river. But then later on in the book he describes the setting in a very opposite manner.