Grapes of Wrath the purpose of the interchapters
The Grapes of Wrath: The Purpose of the Interchapters Initially, I found the interchapters to be annoying, interruptions to the story. It was only when I realized the point in having the interchapters that I understood that not only did they not interrupt the story, but they added to it tremendously. The interchapters provide indirect comments or general situations which suggest something about the personal tragedies of the main characters. These comments and situations help give the reader an understanding of what the characters are going through by either showing metaphorically their present or future triumphs and struggles or explaining the history of the period that they lived in. Chapter three is an interchapter. It describes a concrete highway that a land turtle struggled to cross. The turtle was finally almost there when it was hit by a truck and its shell was chipped and it was thrown on its back. The turtle had to struggle even hard but it did get going again. This chapter represented the continual struggle of that the Joads would have to face throughout the entire story. Throughout the nov
This man also explains how no one can get people together to organize because the cops will arrest whoever starts up. The following chapter explains how Tom met Timothy Wallace who told him that he would only have his job for a couple of days and his wages were being cut. The tenant farmer was so upset that he threatened to shoot the driver . The Joads have to leave their land and sell all their things. Chapter five is an interchapter that discusses a tractors hired by banks or a corporations that would come to the land and plow through it, destroying everything in its path. Chapter nineteen explains how the Americans took California from the Mexicans and people known as "squatters" acquired lots of land and thought of it as their own. The big companies could make wages very low because people were starving and would work for low wages. The interchapters describe general situations and the chapters after them explain how that particular situation affects or will affect the Joads. The reader can learn many details about the hardships that the Joads went through by reading about the hardships of the migrant workers as a whole. These owners cut wages in order to pay policemen to guard and protect their property. But, just as the turtle refused to be swayed from his purpose so will the Joads. Interchapters nineteen and twenty one the development of land ownership in California. The Joads had to buy a used car in order to go to California.
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