"The Grapes of Wrath" Tone and Figurative Language

The tone set forth in The Grapes of Wrath, was a quiet, sad tone from the start, based on Steinbeck's description in the very first sentence of the book "To the red country and part of the gray country of Oklahoma, the last rains came gently, and they did not cut the scarred earth..." Another tone portrayed early on was anger by sellers and businessmen, "Spend all their time looking. Don't want to buy no cars; take up your time. Don't give a damn about your time." Steinbeck achieved the poor, sad tone as one of his main objectives from the very beginning. He conquered it through his writin…