By: Ang Li November 9 English Per. 8 Commentary on: The Grapes of Wrath This scene occurs in the early parts of The Grapes of Wrath after Tom, along with Casy, decides to return home and before he realizes his family has abandoned their farm. In this brief intercalary chapter, a tractor driver arrives with orders from the East to drive the tenant farmers out of their homes because the bank was not making enough profits from …showed first 75 words of 735 total…

…showed last 75 words of 735 total…three passages expose Steinbeck's bitter attitude towards technology. It is obvious that he feels technology transforms people into heartless monsters who plow and farm their land without any compassion for it. The basis for this idea is present throughout the entire novel. The Joads will encounter many more instances in which technology harms the land. To conclude, in these three paragraphs, Steinbeck expresses his opinion with his bleak imagery, his diction, and in his parallelism.