Steinbeck’s rhetorical style in the Grapes of Wrath conveys his values by using oxymorons and parallelism to add dramatic detail and also to add a sense of amazement to the story in order to draw the reader deeper into the story. Steinbeck uses his own sense of style to add an artistic effect all throughout chapter 25, this style added so much to the story, on the lines of showing the reader how the people had felt through the entirety of the story. Steinbeck’s rhetorical style showed the sorrow mixed with the pain of what was happening.
Steinbeck uses oxymorons in the Grapes of Wrath in order to show the mix of pain and happiness that are in chapter 25. Steinbeck thoroughly showed what was going on in the story through quotes such as, “And …show more content…
A quote that showed this parallelism is, “Doctors of preventive medicine, men at the borders who look for fruit flies, for Japanese beetle, men who quarantine the sick trees and root them out and burn them, men of knowledge” (347). This quote specifically emphasizes the importance of the men who treat and protect the trees and the produce. Steinbeck used this quote to get the point across to the reader, about the amount of knowledge that it took for the men to be able to treat the state and country, in order to prevent the bugs. Another quote that shows this parallelism is, “Little sour apples have grown large and sweet, and that old grape that grew among the trees and fed the birds it's tiny fruit has mothered a thousand varieties, red and black, green and pale pink, purple and yellow; and each variety with its own flavor” (347). This quote shows the bounty of fruit that was flourishing among the state. It also showed the joy that was once there. Steinbeck’s use of parallelism showed the dramatic detail as well as adding a sense of amazement to the Grapes of Wrath.
Steinbeck’s use of oxymorons and parallelism is extremely important to the Grapes of Wrath as is added emphasis and a sense of amazement to the reader. These rhetorical strategies used made the chapter happier and easier for the reader to understand, it made the chapter connect better to whole of the story as
Steinbeck uses oxymorons in the Grapes of Wrath in order to show the mix of pain and happiness that are in chapter 25. Steinbeck thoroughly showed what was going on in the story through quotes such as, “And …show more content…
A quote that showed this parallelism is, “Doctors of preventive medicine, men at the borders who look for fruit flies, for Japanese beetle, men who quarantine the sick trees and root them out and burn them, men of knowledge” (347). This quote specifically emphasizes the importance of the men who treat and protect the trees and the produce. Steinbeck used this quote to get the point across to the reader, about the amount of knowledge that it took for the men to be able to treat the state and country, in order to prevent the bugs. Another quote that shows this parallelism is, “Little sour apples have grown large and sweet, and that old grape that grew among the trees and fed the birds it's tiny fruit has mothered a thousand varieties, red and black, green and pale pink, purple and yellow; and each variety with its own flavor” (347). This quote shows the bounty of fruit that was flourishing among the state. It also showed the joy that was once there. Steinbeck’s use of parallelism showed the dramatic detail as well as adding a sense of amazement to the Grapes of Wrath.
Steinbeck’s use of oxymorons and parallelism is extremely important to the Grapes of Wrath as is added emphasis and a sense of amazement to the reader. These rhetorical strategies used made the chapter happier and easier for the reader to understand, it made the chapter connect better to whole of the story as