Crooks was scornful "I see hundreds of men come by on the road an" on the ranches with their bindles on their back an" that same damn thing in their head." ... The chapter ends as it began: "Crooks sat on his bunk and looked at the door for a moment, and then reached for his liniment bottle. ...
Also, in The Grapes of Wrath has alternative chapters expressing personal commentary on the general state of America and gives in The Grapes of Wrath a much more encompassing feel; rather than just an isolated view of a Californian work camp, it shows a mass migration of Okies as well as the people who despise them. ... In one such alternate paragraph Steinbeck talks of the turtle struggling to cross the road as a figurative bond between the transients trying to go out west to California, and it exemplifies Steinbeck's usage of simple, but powerful metaphors. ...
In the first chapter John Steinbeck tells us about George and Lennie thinking about the future and filling their minds with happiness. ... "I seen hundreds of men come by on the road and on the ranches, with their bindles on their back an" that same damn thing in their heads. ...
