... on any particular characters or representing their thoughts or motivations. In the intercalary chapters, Steinbeck often varies his style. In some chapters, like Chapter 3, the anonymous narrator uses symbolism to provide the readers with an idea about the migrant workers. In chapter 3, a turtle struggles to travel across a highway, being nearly squashed twice by passing motorists and flung off the road by a driver who attempted to squash it. The turtle symbolizes the ... migrant workers migrating to the west, and the two drivers, an ignorant driver and an evil ... ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate