The Grapes of Wrath was full of social changes and changes in tradition for not only the main characters, the Joad family, but all the people mentioned that were involved in the Dust Bowl. His unique writing style and the way he wrote his novel conveys these changes with exquisite detail.
One of the first things I noticed while reading Steinbeck's work was his amazing attention to detail. There was always plenty to talk about, about each of the characters, what they were doing, and even sometimes talking about details even the characters didn't know. With all the description, I felt like I was actually with the Joads, traveling with them, and going through all the hardships they dealt with.
Another unique thing that Steinbeck uses was the changing of the chapters from the Joads to other situations during the Dust Bowl. It was quite confusing to me at first, with the constant switching, but I soon came to realize that he was showing the changes in the country during the time. It helped give different points of view and different situations for the reader to see and imagine. The banks evicting the farmers and landowners was an example of one of the settings where the Joads weren't involved directly, and it gave a view of the drastic change going on in America.
With Steinbeck's descriptive imagery and many different settings in the story, the audience recieves the message of change, and the hard times in that period. The audience gets to feel that they are in the story, with Joads and the rest of the past America.
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