Summary


 * Plot Summery **

**The Grapes of Wrath takes place in the 1930s during the Dust Bowl and on the verge of the Great Depression. This chapter is written in first person in the view of a car dealer. The tone of the narrative is entirely of greed. The speaker's only desire and goal is just to make more profits. The book exposes the exploitation of these farmers' meager amount of resources through the actions of the car dealer. These farmers were exploited because they were ignorant. Dealers would also convince farmers in to buying a car by manipulating feelings of guilt and embarassament. Many of these cars would be sold, and result unusable because those people did not know better. Salesmen, looking to take adavantage on the farmers' desperation, sell them barely running cars at expensive prices. The salesmen would pour materials into the engine to cover up noises. The poor farmers' realized they were being taken advantage of, but unfortunately, they did not have another choice than to take what was being offered.**