In the passage, Stienbeck takes his readers to the Salinis River. In it, he states, "From both sides of the valley little streams slipped out of the hill canyons and fell into the bed of the Salinis River. In the winter of wet years the streams ran full-freshet and they swelled the river until sometimes it raged and boiled, bank full and then it was a destroyer," (3, chap 1) He tries to show the danger in beauty. This could also relate to Cathy. He uses this to later explain why people leave the valley. This imagery makes the reader see and feel the danger. Perhaps, later, he will take u back there, to imply danger is to
