The first example of imagery that comes to mind in the novel The Grapes of Wrath is when the people talk about "the bank monster." When the tenant farmers are kicked off of their land, everyone talks about the bank being "hungry" for money. (Steinbeck, 33) Then, when the tractors come the are also considered to be "monsters" that stir up the dust and take the land. This is imagery because it is turning a physical thing once again, into something more meaningful. Also another example of imagery is the sun. At one point in the novel it says that "their faces were shining with sunburn they could not escape." This particular text actually makes the sun seem violent. Once again though, I feel like its sort of hard to come up with a lot of examples because I keep coming up with the same examples that I used for symbolism. There is another example that I believe is imagery. Many people were very worried when it came to traveling across the country in a used car. They would often listen to the sound of the motor and learn which sounds were good, and which were bad. Even though the sound of a motor is not music, in The Grapes of Wrath it was something that people listened for constantly so in the book they often refer to the hum of the engine as music.
Steinbeck, John. The Grapes of Wrath. New York: Penguin, 2002. Print.
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