Question

Read the following excerpt from an intercalary chapter in The Grapes of Wrath: Carloads of oranges dumped on the ground. The people came for miles to take the fruit, but this could not be. How would they buy oranges at twenty cents a dozen if they could drive out and pick them up? And men with hoses squirt kerosene on the oranges, and they are angry at the crime, angry at the people who have come to take the fruit. A million people hungry, needing the fruit—and kerosene sprayed over the golden mountains. By including this intercalary chapter, what effect is Steinbeck most likely attempting to achieve?

Answer 1

A.Providing commentary, separate from the narrative, which illustrates the wastefulness that occurred during the Great Depression apex

Answer 2

• Providing commentary, separate from the narrative, which illustrates the wastefulness that occurred during the Great Depression.

Step-by-step explanation:

The excerpt depicts the inefficiency that happened amid this timespan. Notwithstanding the neediness and craving that was normal at the time, the oranges were splashed with lamp oil so individuals were not ready to lift them up themselves for nothing.