In the book The Grapes of Wrath, Chapter 11, the tone is that of a vacant tone. John Steinbeck, author of The Grapes of Wrath, seems to be describing a sad scene with a vacant town, and wild animals that once were considered domesticated. The first paragraph of chapter 11, Steinbeck describes the homes on the land, “THE HOUSES were left vacant on the land, and the land was vacant because of this.” Notice that he uses the word vacant in this sentence twice. Steinbeck is trying to paint a picture of an abandoned, and lonely town. The homes are vacant, no one lives in them, therefore the land, or the town, is vacant and empty. This gives the reader a feeling of alone, or a feeling of loss for something that was once there. Continuing on in
Why do they run, why do they flee, why do they leave the place they call home that holds their most sacred memories? In chapter 11 of Steinbeck’s hit novel, “The Grapes of Wrath,” Steinbeck conveys a sad and sympathetic tone of voice in his writing to express the message that machinery was stripping people of their jobs, dignity, and connection with their land, which he displays with his comparison of the horse and the tractor. Steinbeck begins to establish his credibility with his exceptional use
Milan Patel Mr. Jiles AP Literature and Composition 10 August 2015 How To Read Literature Like a Professor Chapter 1 (Every Trip Is a Quest (Except When It’s Not)) Summary: In chapter one, Foster begins giving an example of a quest; he explains how a trip to the store is considered a quest. Foster provides five key details included in a quest: a quester, a place to go, a reason to go there, challenges and tests on the way, and a real reason to go there (Foster 3). Furthermore, Foster explains how
A PicA Trix MiscellAny Underground Edition 2007 e.v. CONTENTS On the Picatrix I. Introduction to the Picatrix (The Aim of the Sage) of al-Majriti, Maslamati ibn Ahmad II. Summary of the Contents of the Picatrix III. Excerpt from a Lecture on Alchemy by Terence McKenna On the Moon and the Lunar Mansions IV. Extracts on the Moon V. The Mansions of the Moon: “On the Creation, Proportion and Composition of the Heavens for the Fashioning of Images” VI. The Picatrix: Lunar Mansions in Western Astrology
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