The book, Grapes of Wrath, is so controversial and overlooked. When people read the book, or read reviews about it, the major topic or issue discussed is the ending. Most readers do not digest the main point that Steinbeck is trying to get across. It is appalling to see how many people take this book to be so controversial. The book is very appropriate and should be read in every high school because John Steinbeck uses imagery and different characters to portray different thoughts and opinions.
             Steinbeck uses expressions and imagery throughout the whole book to let the readers feel and see what he is trying to portray at us. When he describes the banks to us, he doesn't call them mean people or corrupt companies, yet he calls them monsters to let us know that they are beyond mean and corrupt. He paints a vivid picture in our minds to let us feel what he is saying. When he describes the tractor that cleared out tens and thousands of farmers he said they were, "Great crawlers moving like insects, having incredible strength or insects. They crawled over the ground, laying the track and rolling on it and picking it up". I could imagine a big insect crawling over the land, moving steadily and stopping for nothing in its path, just what the tractors were doing. He builds a concrete image in our minds. He calls the man driving the tractor a "robot". He doesn't say that the man in the seat is mean who turned his back against his own people, but a robot, which does what he is told. Nothing distracts a robot, and it pursues its goal until it is accomplished. This is exactly what Joe Davis's boy did. The arguments and threats of his own people did not distract him from tractoring families off the land. He uses this imagery not only to express his ideas but also to let the readers feel what he is trying to portray.
             Steinbeck uses symbolism in his characters. Each characte
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