Question 2 of 20
2 Points
Read the following excerpt from an intercalary chapter in The Grapes of
Wrath:
And the migrants streamed in on the highways and their
hunger was in their eyes, and their need was in their eyes.
They had no argument, no system, nothing but their
numbers and their needs. When there was work for a man,
ten men fought for it-fought with a low wage. If that fella'll
work for thirty cents, I'll work for twenty-five. If he'll take
twenty-five, I'll do it for twenty.
By including this intercalary chapter, what effect is Steinbeck most likely
attempting to achieve?

The most likely reason king uses allusions in this part of his speech is to

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