The structure of the Grapes of Wrath is unique in that it alternates between specific narrative chapters about the Joad family and general intercalary chapters about the migrant workers as a whole. ... In the intercalary chapters, Steinbeck often varies his style. In some chapters, like Chapter 3, the anonymous narrator uses symbolism to provide the readers with an idea about the migrant workers. In chapter 3, a turtle struggles to travel across a highway, being nearly squashed twice by passing motorists and flung off the road by a driver who attempted to squash it. ... In the interca...

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• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In Chapter 2, the narrator of the novel explains that: "Micro-organisms, which cause so much disease and pain on earth, have either never appeared upon Mars or Martian sanitary science eliminated them ages ago. ... In Chapter 10, Wells states, "it was no mere insensate machine driving on its way. ... It picked its road as it went striding along, and the brazen hood that surmounted it moved to and fro with the inevitable suggestion of a head looking about." ... Except for a few chapters when the action switches views to the point of the narrator's brother, this book was written as a first...

• Word Count: 597
• Approx Pages: 2
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

A quote from the narrative is, "For an undetermined period of time I felt myself cut off from the world, an abstract spectator...Going down the gently sloping road I could not feel fatigue. ... " Albert and Yu Tsun specifically speak about a book, which is made of chapters that diverge from a single path but somehow also creates more diverging paths. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

This is shown where Gertrude sees Rhoda and Mr Lodge's son walking along the road and asks Mr Lodge who he is. ... Dickens' writing flows throughout the story, whereas Hardy chooses to use headed chapters. ... In 'The Withered Arm' it is clear that the plot is spread out through a number of years and often in-between chapters a large amount of time has passed. This is shown at the beginning of chapter 6 as it reads, "Half a dozen years passed away - This allows Hardy to create a more elaborate story line and use several characters. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

A passage in chapter three describes him as a lonely man that is isolated from the world around him. ... In chapter three, ironically titled, "[T]he Searcher", Patrick is searching for Ambrose Small but that is merely a metaphor for his vocation. ...

• Word Count: 3985
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• Grade Level: High School