Another great example of this can be seen in chapter twenty-three. In this chapter the migrants are looking jobs but aside from that they partake in various leisure activities. Some of these activities include: telling jokes, stories, going to the cinema, and drinking to name a few. In the evenings, some migrants will play musical instruments; as the music goes on, some migrants dance to the music.
In the following chapter, chapter twenty-four, Steinbeck describes how the Joad family partake in these activities:
Near the dance floor he [Al] saw a pretty blond girl sitting in front of a tent. He sidled near and threw open his coat to show his shirt.
"Gonna dance tonight?" he asked.
The girl looked away and did not answer.
"Can't a fella pass a word with you? How 'bout you an' me dancin'?" And he said nonchalantly, "I can waltz."
The girl raised her eyes shyly, and she said, "That ain't nothin'-anybody can waltz."
"Not like me," said Al. The music surged, and he tapped one foot in time. "Come on," he said.
A very fat woman poked her head out of the tent and scowled at him. "You git along," she said fiercely. "This here girl's spoke for. She's a-gonna be married, an' her man's a-comin' for her."
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Al, Tom's younger brother, wants to dance with a girl but it turns out that this girl is going to be married soon. Although this is a humoristic scene, it still shows how the Joad family partake in leisure activities and this was mentioned in the previous chapter; but, this time it was from the Joad family's prospective. The main purpose of these journal-like historical entries is give the reader an overview of that general background information and then reflect that information from the main character's prospective, in this case the Joad family. The use of this technique really sets this novel apart from the rest because Stinebeck was able to really emphasize the historical facts using this technique, and again it adds power to the theme of this narrative.
After considering many of the narrative techniques used throughout the novel, it is easy to conclude that Steinbeck has a very unique writing style in this novel. This is a very poignant and heartbreaking novel and Steinbeck adds power to this by his consistent use of metaphors, bold imagery, and journal-like historical entries. This allows the reader to really feel what the characters are going though. He obviously has taken a lot of time to describe everything in a great amount of detail, which really get the reader's attention and gets the reader to really focus in on the action. His historical entries are just magnificent because they make the novel very realistic. It's no wonder Steinbeck won a Nobel Prize for realistic and imaginative writings.
这的另一个伟大的例子可以在第二十三章中看到。在这一章中的移民正在找工作，但除了他们参与各种休闲活动。其中的一些活动包括：讲笑话，讲故事，去电影院，喝几个名字。在晚上，一些移民会演奏乐器，随着音乐的进行，一些流动的移民随着音乐起舞。
在接下来的一章，二十四章，斯坦贝克描述了乔德家族参与这些活动：
在靠近跳舞的地上，他看见一个漂亮的金发姑娘坐在帐篷前。他侧身靠近，打开他的外套给他的衬衫。
“今晚要跳舞吗？”他问。
女孩看了看，没有回答。
“不能有人与你传个话吗？你怎么样“我跳舞吗？”他满不在乎地说，“我能跳华尔兹。”
姑娘抬起眼睛，害羞，她说，“没什么人能跳华尔兹。”
“不喜欢我，”Al说。音乐高涨了，他一只脚敲了一下。”来吧，“他说。
一个很胖的女人把头探出帐篷，怒视着他。”你的蠢货，”她恶狠狠地说。”这里的女孩的发言。她会结婚，一个男人要下来了。”
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铝，汤姆的弟弟，想要和一个女孩跳舞，但事实证明，这个女孩要结婚了。虽然这是一个滑稽的场面，还展示了乔德家族参与休闲活动，这是在上一章所提到的；但是，这一次是从乔德家族的未来。这些杂志喜欢历史作品的主要目的是给读者，一般背景资料概述进而反映，从主要人物的前瞻性信息，在这种情况下，乔德的家人。这种技术的使用真正使这部小说与众不同是因为Stinebeck能够真正强调的历史事实，利用这一技术，又增加了权力这一叙事主题。
考虑到许多小说中使用的叙事技巧，很容易得出结论，斯坦贝克在这部小说中有一个非常独特的写作风格。这是一个很凄美的令人心碎的小说，斯坦贝克为这他一贯使用的隐喻意象，大胆，和杂志一样的历史记录。这让读者真正感受到了人物正在进行的。他显然已经采取了大量的时间来描述一切，在大量的细节，这真的得到读者的关注，并让读者真正专注于行动。他的历史作品是壮丽的，因为他们使小说非常现实。这也难怪斯坦贝克获得了诺贝尔现实主义和想象力的作品奖。
