The tone that is discovered in the novel The Grapes of Wrath is extremely different than the tones that are in the The Old Man and the Sea and also in Their Eyes Were Watching God. In the other two, the tone is compassionate, sympathetic, and simple. The tone that is in The Grapes of Wrath is much more pushy and stubborn. In the book Steinbeck has a tendency to repeat certain phrases over and over again. (Steinbeck, 121)This is something that occurs throughout the whole book, not just once or twice. By doing this, its almost as if Steinbeck wants you to remember the phrase and never forget it. Its almost like you're being forced to learn that phrase and to understand what it means. So, his tone is a little more aggressive.
Also something that Steinbeck does, he fills the entire book with details. No matter how gruesome they are, he still puts them in there to make the story more effective. I think the main reason that Steinbeck wrote this book this way is so that we can really recognize the strength that the Joads had and what it took for them to get where they did. That is why I think the tone is a little more pushy and aggressive so that the author could make us understand what it was truly like for the Joads during their long and hard journey.
Steinbeck, John. The Grapes of Wrath. New York: Penguin, 2002. Print.
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