One of Steinbeck's favorite uses of language was the use of imagery. He used colors, animals, and people as his main sources of imagery. The most reoccurring images of color were red and grey. He used this to develop the reader into sensing the harshness, and yet the incredible dullness of the scenery, using red as the sun

The nickel, which has caused all this mechanism to work, has caused Crosby to sing and an orchestra to play-this nickel drops from between the contact points into the box where the profits go. This nickel, unlike most money, has actually done a job of work, has been physically responsible for a reaction.(202)

Other than the use of symbolism and descriptive language, his use of dialect was also used for historical purposes.

Although the development of the tractor provided jobs for those driving it, it cut out the jobs and lives of many other people who had previously relied on the agriculture that was then dying out. What makes one man rich makes another man poor.

The Grapes of Wrath, written by Steinbeck possesses many key elements which were used as symbols throughout the book. However, it does not appear to be an allegory. It has been argued that this book is a biblical allusion. It has been said that the journey that the Joads were taking to California was similar to the journey that the Jewish people made to the promised land, however California did not hold the opportunity that was promised, and many people left. Jim Casey is often compared to Jesus Christ, leading his 12 deciples to the promised land. For one he did not lead the family-Ma Joad did. He also was not leading them out of a belief in himself of anyother mystical idea. He just joined them for the ride. Another thing is, is that although Jim Casey died for his cause he did not preach anything remotely similar to Jesus Christ, unless that was the point-he was supposed to represent a neo-Jesus, and did not do his pilgrimage the same way. Basically, while their we!

"Well, we ain't. We got to go."(279)

It was technology, the arrival of the tractors that influenced this newfound way of life, the reason why the rich became so greedy and the banks became so powerdul. It cause all these changes of lives and the separation of family. It caused the poor man to die, and the rich man to be scared of the poor and hate the poor. It caused the loss of thousands of jobs and the development of new ones. The novel by John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath, was written for the purpose of displaying the effects of technology on the circle of life, and how this t technology made one man rich and many more poor.

"But for your three dollars a day fifteen to twenty families can't eat at all. Nearly a hundred people have to go out and wander on the roads for you three dollars a day. Is that right"

earth became pale, pink in the red country, and white in the grey country." This shows the way the earth was washed out and dimming under the abuse of the cotton farming, which stripped the land. Later in the story, Steinbeck continued his use of simple color imagery, typically describing the sun, dust and light. "...there was a layer of dust in the bed, and the hood was covered in dust, and the headlights were obscured with a red flour. The sun was setting when the truck came back, and the earth was bloody in the setting light." In Chapter 6 the imagery of the large red drop of sun lingering and then setting also portrayed this imagery; into Chapter 16, Steinbeck continued to use this sort of color imagery with descriptions of the rolling grey country. He also used animal imagery throughout the novel. The most prominent description of these animals was the highly symbolic land turtle. "The back legs went to work, straining like elephant legs, and the shell tipped to an ang!

re many symbols along the way for the story to be taken as a allegory, it seems silly that it would be due to the fact that it would take away the powerfulness of the book. Many readers do not want to have to take the journey of the Joad's and flip it all around and ruin it so that

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