In the book that armando is reading, a certain situation seems to be contradictory but actually presents a truth. which literary device is the author using?
allegory
paradox
symbolism
understatement

The great depression, which lasted throughout the 1930s in the united states, affected many people, and it had a devastating impact on an entire subset of the u. s. population. modernist writer john steinbeck wrote about the toll the depression took on these families, many of whom were forced to leave their farms and find other sources of income.