Diction In The Grapes Of Wrath

The Grapes of Wrath written by John Steinbeck is written in a peculiar way using intercalary chapters. Every other chapter of the novel is plot, while the other half is a descriptive exposition of the lives of farmers during the great depression and the Dust Bowl. Steinbeck incorporates a great use of diction such as parallelism and strong syntax. In chapter five, he truly engages these skills to almost set the tone of the novel, which appears to be antagonistic and desperate.

Steinbeck achieves his purpose of expressing a desolate ambiance by constantly using personification when describing the bank. He writes: “The bank is something else than men. It happens that every man in a bank hates what the bank does, yet the bank does it. The bank