In John Steinbeck’s novel, Grapes of Wrath, Steinbeck represents the hardships of the Great Depression, to convey the bleak way of life during this time. In chapter seven, Steinbeck employs how manipulative and desperate people were to change their way of life, with the representation, of presumptuous salesman. Steinbeck’s purpose of chapter seven, is to exemplify the desperation of people wanting to move, and people wanting to make money. In order to appeal the purpose of desperation and money, Steinbeck achieves this purpose by repetition, and staccato syntax. The purpose of repetition utilized in chapter seven, is to set the scene of the presumptuous salesman. Repetition to serve Steinbeck’s purpose of desperation is bestowed in the word