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Summary Of The Grapes Of Wrath Chapter 11

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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

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