The juxtaposition of chapters 14 and 15 show the opposing points of view during the Dust Bowl. Chapter 14 shows the plight of the weary, of the poor, and of the farmers. Chapter 15, on the other hand, illustrates the perspective of the small store owners, the people who are neither wealthy nor impoverished. The collocation of the two chapters emphasizes the vast, gaping difference in wealth and social standing between the laborers and the company owners at the time, and it also allows the reader to view the situation from a reasonably unbiased perspective. Chapter 14, in comparison to 15, highlights the nervousness and fear the poor feel. The entirety of their land, the “western lands” are all “nervous under the beginning of change.” Their
