Tom Joad's Intercalary Chapter
In this passage, Steinbeck wrote an intercalary chapter to illustrate the narrative perspectives on what is happening in the area where the main character Tom Joad, lived. The chapter is focussed on the great depression and the dust storm that had surrounded the town. The first sentence demonstrated a simile as it compared the tractor to an insect. Usually, an insect are mentioned along bugs, pests, scary, awful, and frustrating. That is exactly the synonyms for the tractor, awful and scary. The purpose of the comparison were used to described negatives view of the tractor that destroyed many homes. Great example of a reference would be the God’s anger to Egyptians when they refused to free the Israelis and caused a catastrophic insect infestation.