Point of View in The Grapes of Wrath

The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck, is a novel that describes the tough drouth of the 1930s that forced farmers to migrate west to California. The defy has an kindle autobiography; Steinbeck inserts some chapters that relegate a different signalize of view. Quite often in the some chapters Tom Joad, the chief(prenominal) character, assumes the voice of a characteristic soul, such as a displaced farmer, showing that persons individual concerns. The horizontal surface of view in this book is third person all- acknowledgeing because of its unique reflection from Joads degree of view to the thoughts and concerns of an everyday person during the 1930s. Third person omniscient is the most prominent mastermind of view in this novel. This extremum of view is mostly sh have got in the interchapters Steinbeck has inserted to show different perspectives and concerns of the era period. Steinbeck uses some of the interchapters to set the irritability of the novel and to show th e vivification of the migrants that had to travel down driveway 66 in the 1930s. For instance, Steinbeck writes chapter seven-spot using social commentary. By using small pieces of conversation, and in the flesh(predicate) thoughts, Steinbeck is able to create a mood of near confusion. He creates an image of how the migrants were taken vantage of and gives us an impression of the unenviable times many of the migrants had to face.\nChapter seven is an example of one of these interchapters. The bank clerk is a used cars salesman, not Tom Joad. Salesmen, neat, deadly, small excogitation eyes watching for weakness. This show from chapter seven shows the change in point of view virtually to happen within the chapter (page 77). Chapter 14 gives Steinbecks views on socialism, and shows a major(ip) shift in narrative and theme as it changes from I to We. The migrants are all in the same spot and because they know that they can depend on each other they discharge the need of family and teamwork to get by hard times. Without these interchapters that give Steinbecks own c...