... various techniques in creating his masterpiece, The Grapes of Wrath. Many other authors also use literary techniques to convey their themes in novels. An example of this is the author, Upton Sinclair of The Jungle. Sinclair uses imagery when he describes the man falling into the lard and then the company sells the can of lard. Sinclair also uses symbolism because the title shows how life was like ... living in a jungle and the workers had to fight to survive. He uses these techniques to portray ... his themes of corruption and survival of the fittest. The techniques are used to explain ...

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