What is that you ask? What does the author, John Steinbeck, use to engage the reader? Well lucky for you I have some answers and they will be written in this blog!
First off, honesty is always a great quality. Though this book may not be completely non fiction, it is about what life was like for people back in the dust bowl and the great depression. It can be a real eye opener for people. So for this book to feature things that actually happened, because this is historical fiction after all, it can really intrigue a lot of people. Though, I tend to like the more intellectual parts of books it is great to understand the events that used to happen in the past. For this reason, I think that a lot of people pick up this book. (well, people who don't have to read it for school, anyway) It's really no wonder why this book is very famous and is still read today.
Another thing that I've noticed is that Steinbeck uses so many details. You can picture everything he is thinking about and it is nice to the senses. I did like the fact that he uses a lot of details, but sometimes I think he even over-does it a bit. It can kind of cause you to daze off if he has an entire paragraph about a corn stalk. Though it can be annoying, I think it is important to be detailed in some things. I don't know, because I like being minimalistic, but at the same time I like detailed things. I think that I like the little things to have details, but for the most part, have everything else minimalistic. This is getting off the subject, though. I also think that there are some people might not like this because they want to make up some of the story in their mind, and if it is extremely detailed, they don't really get to do that. But all in all, I think that that the details that Steinbeck uses in this book engages people more than it can take them away.
Steinbeck, John. The Grapes of Wrath. New York: Penguin, 2006. Print.
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