Stylistic Approaches to Grapes

Chapter 7 illustrates the reality of the dog-eat-dog world when a salesman states,” Guarantee? We guaranteed it to be an automobile. The symbolism used by Steinbeck does a great job of blending both the storyline of the Joads and the struggle of men to accept others into one collective story.

Without the historical examples used in this novel, the connection between the Joad’s world and the society we now live in would be significantly less evident.

The most often and best used technique by Steinbeck in Grapes of Wrath is his use of symbolism. The woman, who often find themselves in this book caring about the family more than others notice, “The men sat still - thinking - figuring. Also, the use of the tractors to tear down the old farms in Oklahoma sends a direct message of the destruction of the old ways of life for the Joad’s and also for America and its push onward in the technological world. " The historical events help to give the reader a relation to the world surrounding them and that of the world surrounding the characters. The beautifully crafted words give a better sense of artistic style to the otherwise narrative book. We didn't guarantee to wet-nurse it. The most striking example would be his tale of the tortoise. Like stripping a watch down to its gadgets and gears, the stylistic method of Steinbeck can be made out to see the connections of each piece to make the entire novel spin. " The chapter pertaining to the corrupt system of car dealerships does a rather obvious job of hinting at the following troubles with the car and its unreliability.

The styles of John Steinbeck mold and create a style which is solely his own. Also, the cruel hypocrisy of the original inhabitants of California being taken completely by swarm by people who would eventually hold the same greed to attack people in desperate need of work emphasizes the effects of greed and the way greed operates the world.