Tom Joad's Passage

We don't see this in one specific chapter but it is seen all thought the book. One example of this is when the tents are trying to reason with the landowners that they barely can make any money and support their kids, and that he shouldn't kick them out, “What do you want us to do? We can't take less share of the crop – we're half starved now. The kids are hungry all the time. We got no clothes, torn and' ragged. If all the neighbors weren't the same, we'd be ashamed to go to meeting”(Steinbeck 22). This quote talks about how hungry the children were and that if they were to get kicked off their land they would be seriously in trouble. The landowners then respond to the migrants cries by saying, “We can't depend on it. The bank – the monster – has to have profits all the time. It can't wait. It'll die. No, taxes go on. When the monster stops growing, it dies. It can't stay one size.”(Steinbeck 22). What the landowners are saying is that the banks are monsters and they always need money, and if they don't kick them off the land they wouldn't be getting any money and the banks would kick them off their land. This causes the landowners to make inhuman actions. This is because they justify it by saying that if they don't do this someone else will do it to them. So it comes back to the point that the banks are the reason the migrants are

The passage has wonderful imagery it goes into just enough depth to create an image in the reader's mind. Steinbeck does not spend too much time describing all the insignificant details like many other writers might have done. The simplicity of the passage creates the feeling that the story is happening to him and he is telling it as it is with no over exaggerated details. Steinbeck tells the story as he wants to tell

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

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 addition, Steinbeck utilizes symbolism to help reveal his message to the audience. In this chapter, the putrefying crops that resulted from the system’s agricultural mismanagement represent the landowner’s greed, and how it is responsible for not only the

Characters in The Grapes of Wrath are often contrasted to emphasize certain qualities in their relationships, the most notable being a lack of empathy versus a caring and generous nature. Steinbeck’s use of juxtaposition is key to understanding the significance of the contrast involving the landowners and the migrants and why they cannot share sympathies and opinions. These two groups are both rivals and continuously reinforce differences in their lifestyles, and such is the case for the landowners and migrants, which are two drastically different classes that will not cooperate. The migrants are searching for job opportunities and safe places, but are often cheated by the landowners, who are corrupted by their drive for cheap labor and, ultimately, riches,

‘..Guys like us that work on ranches are the loneliest guys in the world they got no family they don’t belong no place.’ This is what many felt during the ‘great depression’ in the 1930’s. John Steinbeck gives us the sense that many felt lonely ‘they got no family they don’t belong no place. The main theme of this novel is alienation; the three characters, Curley’s wife, candy, and crooks are all alienated, and felt it by another person at some point. They all have dreams... it’s the American dream... but not all dreams come true...

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 Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck uses numerous literary techniques to advocate for change in the social and political attitudes of the Dust Bowl era. Simile, personification, and imagery are among the many devices that add to the novel’s ability to influence the audience’s views. Moreover, through his use of detail, Steinbeck is able to develop a strong bond between the reader and the Joad clan. This bond that is created evokes empathy from the audience towards the Joads as they face numerous challenges along their journey. The chapters go between the Joad’s story and a broad perspective of the Dust Bowl’s effect on the lives of Mid-western farmers in which Steinbeck illustrates dust storms devastating the land, banks evicting tenant

There the “family” face the obstacle of achieving their own interpretation of the American Dream of owning their own land to support themselves instead of living day by day, barely scraping by. Steinbeck uses this setting to exemplify the dehumanization of women, African Americans, and the mentally disabled during that era. Steinbeck makes light of the role of women as objects

In this essay I aim to describe how life was like on a ranch during

Steinbeck started the book of with an introduction of what was coming from the people that lived in Oklahoma. The biggest Dust Bowl has hit the city and people who live there have no clue as to home they will get their families out of this hard ship. Every man didn’t know if he could get his family passed this problem. A lot of families lived on farms and the Dust Blow killed all of their crops. With dead crops covered in dust, the farmers had nothing to sell. So the farmers had to try and figure out what they were going to do.

Steinbeck's goal as an author is to impact the reader by communicating certain themes and messages. The intercalary chapter approach aids this purpose by crystallizing these themes in an experiential way. Some chapters are even directly devoted to stating themes: "two men are not as lonely and perplexed as one" (pg. 206). These outside snippets compliment the main chapters to create a higher sense of understanding. Steinbeck uses these chapters to pour out his passion against social injustice, and his spirit impacts the reader deeply.

The main picture of the topic that Steinbeck conveyed in this section is that; California’s migrant problem caused laborers to be mistreated and communism represses individuality. The events that convey this picture are all of the descriptions of squatter’s camps, stories of laborers who struggled tremendously during the dust bowl, his response to an article written about himself as a non-revolutionary… The insights that he conveys that still have relevance on us today are that America continues old practices which have been harmful in the past, as he believes the treatment of the laborers during the great depression is no better than slavery. You see this point of view when he writes, “It is fervently to be hoped that the great group of migrant workers so

To sum up, Steinbeck introduces minor characters with descriptive passages, use of dialogue and vivid characterisation. With the skilful portraits of minor characters, individuals on the ranch with distinctive characters and problems are shown deliberately. Therefore, in spite of George and Lennie, Steinbeck show his considerable skill also when minor characters conveying the ideas of American dream, loneliness and racial discrimination.