Grapes_of_Wrath

Grapes of Wrath The Grapes of Wrath Analytical Paper The structure of The Grapes of Wrath is very unconventional. Steinbeck alternates action chapters with what are called intercalary chapters. These chapters do not contain any action associated with the characters, but with something that relates to all people that would be in the same situation, such as the depression or the dustbowl. Many readers believe that these chapters are a nuisance and not related to the book at all, or there are two separate books that are loosely related. This is just not true. These chapters, laid carefully by Steinbeck, give the reader a personal insight to what life was like during the journey of the Joad family. In chapter 21, he refers to the migration as “ the people moved like ants and searched for work, for food.” In this intercalary chapter, he relates the movement of the Joads to ants. Steinbeck intermits every other chapter as an intercalary chapter to give the reader a break from the action of the book, but more importantly does ! so to give the reader a deeper sense of why and how the characters accomplish their goals. book, intercalary, chapters, steinbeck, reader, chapter, people, wrath, joads, grapes, give, country, communist, characters, been, action, years, written, work, way, true, times, though, steinbeck’s, relates, related, red, readers, propaganda, personal, over, oklahoma, life, just, information, even, during, depression, come, came, called, because, background, ants, actions, wrote, writing, writer, vladimir, vision