Now that you've read some of The Grapes of Wrath, you can begin to analyze the choices John Steinbeck made as an author. Each intercalary chapter represents a break in the narrative about the Joad family's trek across the United States. Steinbeck uses these chapters to explore the effects of the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, a changed agricultural industry, and the rise of large corporations on the typical rural American family of the 1930s.

Let's take a closer look at how Steinbeck conveys his message about this period of history through his novel.

compare & contrast informative essay/speech

when speaking or writing for the sole purpose of providing information in order to give audience members a good basis for making a decision, you would present an informative speech or essay.   because you wouldn’t want to be persuading the audience by arguing for one type of exercise over the other, you wouldn’t choose a persuasive/argumentative technique.   to fairly, and without bias, present information about the pros and cons of each type exercise, a compare/contrast, informative speech/essay would be the best bet.

the words "strangest" and "unusual" suggest (:

the narrator is saying that the old lady made her feel uncomfortable. you know this because they say "i found that rather irksome", "perhaps it was her being so upright and trim", and "i don't think it was that, because i thought that quaintly pleasant." hope this !