help us understand the rest of the book. The inner chapters gives us discussion about topics clearly related to what is occurring in the novel. It adds an extra indicators to the novel that might not be that obvious otherwise. John Steinbeck acknowledged that one of the most denounced elements of “The Grapes of Wrath” was his alternating use of the intercalary chapters that interject the narrative of the Joads. The structure of the inner chapters is very carefully structured to hint at the main storyline
John Steinbeck’s, Grapes of Wrath, irrefutably illustrates the harsh and disturbing reality of The Great Depression, as well as the struggles that were associated with the event. Steinbeck’s characterization of Tom Joad―one that shares similarities of that with Biff Loman―reveals Steinbeck’s intention to make a character that takes on a spiritual evolution; a character that grows from a fragile and vulnerable person to one that has ever grown ambitions of the future and is a philosophical leader